Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs
Section 21a-248. (Formerly Sec. 19-456). - Sale or dispensing of controlled drugs by licensed manufacturer or wholesaler. Records; orders. Scope of uses limited.

(a) A licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell and dispense controlled drugs to any of the following-named persons, but in the case of schedule II drugs only on an official written order or electronically through the Drug Enforcement Agency's Controlled Substance Ordering System: (1) To a manufacturer, wholesaler or pharmacist; (2) to a physician, dentist or veterinarian; (3) to a person in charge of a hospital, incorporated college or scientific institution, but only for use by or in that hospital, incorporated college or scientific institution for medical or scientific purposes; (4) to a person in charge of a laboratory, but only for use in that laboratory for scientific and medical purposes; and (5) to any registrant as defined in subdivision (47) of section 21a-240.

(b) A licensed manufacturer or wholesaler may sell controlled drugs only to registrants when permitted under federal and state laws and regulations.
(c) An official order for any schedule I or II drug shall be signed by the person giving such order or by such person's authorized agent and such order shall be presented to the person who sells or dispenses the drug or drugs named therein as provided by federal law. If such order is accepted by such person, each party to the transaction shall preserve such party's copy of such order for a period of three years in such a way so as to be readily accessible for inspection by any public officer or employee engaged in the enforcement of this chapter.
(d) The manufacturer or wholesaler shall keep records of all sales and dispensing of controlled drugs and shall comply fully with applicable provisions of the federal controlled drug laws and the federal food and drug laws, and the state food, drug and cosmetic laws in such sale or dispensing of controlled drugs.
(e) Possession or control of controlled drugs obtained as authorized by this section shall be lawful only if obtained in the regular course of the business, occupation, profession, employment or duty of the possessor.
(f) A person in charge of a hospital, incorporated college or scientific institution, or of a laboratory, or in the employ of this state or of any other state, or of any political subdivision thereof, and a master or other proper officer of a ship or aircraft, who obtains controlled drugs under the provisions of this section or otherwise, shall not administer, or dispense, or otherwise use such drugs within this state, except within the scope of such person's, master's or officer's employment or official duty, and then only for scientific or medicinal purposes or for the purposes of research or analysis and subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(1967, P.A. 555, S. 12; 1969, P.A. 753, S. 8, 9; P.A. 73-681, S. 5, 29; P.A. 85-613, S. 59, 154; P.A. 22-104, S. 32.)
History: 1969 act required official order for sale of cannabis-type drugs in Subsecs. (a) and (c) and changed required period of preservation for order copies from two to three years in Subsec. (c); P.A. 73-681 replaced narcotic and cannabis-type drugs with “Schedule II” drugs and added Subsec. (a)(5), replaced detailed provisions for sale of drugs to government personnel, ship masters, persons in charge of aircraft or persons in foreign countries with statement that sale may be made “only to registrants when permitted under federal and state laws and regulations”, replaced “narcotic or cannabis-type” drugs with “Schedule I or II” drugs in Subsec. (c) and referred to “federal laws” or “federal controlled drug laws” in Subsecs. (c) and (d) rather than to “federal narcotic laws”; Sec. 19-456 transferred to Sec. 21a-248 in 1983; P.A. 85-613 made technical change; P.A. 22-104 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re orders submitted electronically through Drug Enforcement Agency's Controlled Substance Ordering System, and made technical and conforming changes in Subsecs. (a), (c) and (f), effective May 24, 2022.
Cited. 207 C. 698.

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