Registration: Required; Exceptions

Registration: Required; Exceptions. (a) Every person who manufactures, distributes, or dispenses any controlled substance within the Commonwealth or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of any controlled substance within the Commonwealth shall obtain annually a registration issued by the director in accordance with the rules made by the director. (b) Persons registered by the director under this chapter to manufacture, distribute, dispense, or conduct research with controlled substances may possess, manufacture, distribute, dispense, or conduct research with those substances to the extent authorized by their registration and in conformity with the other provisions of this article. (c) The following persons need not register and may lawfully possess controlled substances under the provisions of this chapter: (1) A common or contract carrier or warehouseman, or an employee thereof, whose possession of any controlled substance is in the usual course of his business or employment. (2) An ultimate user or a person in possession of any controlled substance pursuant to a lawful order of a practitioner or in lawful possession of a Schedule V substance. (d) The director may, by rule, waive the requirement for registration of certain manufacturers, distributors, or dispensers if the director finds it consistent with the public health and safety. (e) A separate registration shall be required at each principal place of business or professional practice where the applicant manufactures, distributes, or dispenses controlled substances. (f) The director or a designee may inspect the establishment of a registrant or applicant for registration in accordance with the rules promulgated by the director. Source: 63 TTC § 272. Commission Comment: With respect to the references to the “director” of the Department of Public Health and Environmental Services, see Executive Order 94-3 (effective August 23, 1994), reorganizing the executive branch, changing agency names and official titles, and effecting other changes, set forth in the Commission comment to 1 CMC § 2001.