[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7259 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7259
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Attorney General
to register practitioners to transport controlled substances to States
in which the practitioner is not registered under the Act for the
purpose of administering the substances (under applicable State law) at
locations other than principal places of business or professional
practice.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 28, 2022
Mr. Sessions introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Attorney General
to register practitioners to transport controlled substances to States
in which the practitioner is not registered under the Act for the
purpose of administering the substances (under applicable State law) at
locations other than principal places of business or professional
practice.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Medical Controlled Substances
Transportation Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. REGISTRATION FOR TRANSPORT OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TO STATES
IN WHICH THE PRACTITIONER IS NOT REGISTERED UNDER THE
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ADMINISTERING THE SUBSTANCES AT LOCATIONS OTHER THAN
PRINCIPAL PLACES OF BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
Section 303 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(l) Registration for Transport of Controlled Substances to States
in Which the Practitioner Is Not Registered for the Purpose of
Administering the Substances at Locations Other Than Principal Places
of Business or Professional Practice.--
``(1) In general.--Upon application by a practitioner
(other than a pharmacy) who is registered under subsection (f),
the Attorney General shall issue a separate registration to the
practitioner authorizing the practitioner--
``(A) to transport one or more controlled
substances in schedule II, III, IV, or V from the
practitioner's registered location in a State to one or
more States in which the practitioner is not registered
under subsection (f) for the purpose of the
practitioner administering the substances at locations
other than a principal place of business or
professional practice; and
``(B) to so administer the substances.
``(2) Requirements.--For a practitioner to be authorized to
transport and administer controlled substances pursuant to a
registration issued under paragraph (1), all of the following
conditions must be satisfied:
``(A) The practitioner must be licensed,
registered, or otherwise permitted by the State in
which the controlled substances are administered to
carry out such activity at the location where it
occurs.
``(B) The practitioner must--
``(i) limit the time of transport and
administering of any controlled substance
pursuant to such registration to not more than
72 consecutive hours; and
``(ii) by the conclusion of such 72 hours,
return any such controlled substance so
transported but not administered to the
registered location from which such substance
was obtained.
``(C)(i) The practitioner must maintain records of
the transporting and administering of any controlled
substance pursuant to this subsection.
``(ii) Such records shall be maintained, in
accordance with the requirements of section 307(b), at
the practitioner's registered location from which the
controlled substances were obtained and shall include--
``(I) the location where the controlled
substance was administered; and
``(II) such other information as may be
required by regulation of the Attorney General
with respect to records for dispensers of
controlled substances.
``(iii) Notwithstanding clause (ii), the exception
in subsection 307(c)(1)(B) shall not apply to records
required by this subparagraph.
``(3) Grounds for denial or revocation.--The Attorney
General may deny an application for registration under this
subsection, or a renewal thereof, or revoke such registration,
based on the criteria listed in section 304(a), except that the
applicant shall not be required, as a condition of initially
obtaining such registration, to present proof of State
authorization to administer controlled substances.
``(4) Automatic termination.--A registration issued under
this subsection shall automatically terminate if the
practitioner no longer has an active registration under
subsection (f) due to revocation, suspension, surrender, or
other termination.
``(5) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `registered
location' means, with respect to each registration issued to a
practitioner under subsection (f), the address that appears on
the certificate of registration.''.
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