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Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words...
Section 2 - Establishment of Schedules of Drugs or Other Controlled Substances - Section 2. (a) For the purpose of administration and regulation...
Section 2a - Temporary Placement of Substance in Schedule I - Section 2A. (a) Notwithstanding section 2, the commissioner may, by...
Section 3 - Findings Required for Placement in Schedules - Section 3. Except in the case of an immediate precursor,...
Section 4 - Exceptions From Schedules - Section 4. The commissioner acting jointly with the board of...
Section 5 - Dispensing Controlled Substances Excepted Under Sec. 4 - Section 5. Controlled substances which are excepted pursuant to section...
Section 6 - Rules and Regulations - Section 6. The board of registration in pharmacy in the...
Section 6a - Licensure of Certain Corporate Entities With Patients Receiving Opioid Agonist Therapy; Best Practice Guidance for Practitioners - Section 6A. A corporate entity, other than a hospital or...
Section 7 - Registration of Persons Who Manufacture, Distribute, Dispense or Possess Controlled Substances - [See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated April...
Section 7a - Registration as Participant in Prescription Monitoring Program - Section 7A. Upon obtaining or renewing a registration under section...
Section 8 - Research Projects and Studies - Section 8. (a) No person shall carry out any research...
Section 9 - Administering and Dispensing of Controlled Substances in Course of Professional Practice; Records, Inspection - Section 9. (a) A physician, dentist, podiatrist, nurse practitioner, nurse...
Section 10 - Separate Registration - Section 10. A separate registration shall be required at each...
Section 11 - Inspection of Establishments of Registrants or Applicants - Section 11. The board of registration in pharmacy in the...
Section 12 - Issuance of Registration to Manufacture or Distribute Controlled Substances - Section 12. (a) The board of registration in pharmacy in...
Section 13 - Suspension or Revocation of Registration; Report of Criminal Violations; Controlled Substances Affected Placed Under Embargo; Forfeiture; Notice to Bureau - Section 13. (a) The board of registration in pharmacy in...
Section 14 - Suspension of or Refusal to Renew Registration Pending Proceedings in Cases of Imminent Danger to Public - Section 14. The board of registration in pharmacy in the...
Section 15 - Record-Keeping and Inventory Requirements; Filing of Dea Form 106 With City, Town and State Police Departments Upon Discovery of Theft or Loss of Controlled Substance - Section 15. Persons registered to manufacture, distribute, dispense, or possess...
Section 16 - Distribution Between Registrants; Order Form - Section 16. Controlled substances in Schedules I and II shall...
Section 17 - Necessity of Prescription for Dispensing Controlled Substances - Section 17. (a) No controlled substance in Schedule II may...
Section 18 - Issuance of Prescription by Practitioner or Physician - [See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated April...
Section 18a - Prerequisites for Issuing Outpatient Extended-Release Long-Acting Opioid in a Non-Abuse Deterring Form; Written Pain Management Treatment Plan for Long-Term Pain Management - Section 18A. (a) Prior to issuing an extended-release long-acting opioid...
Section 18b - Voluntary Non-Opiate Directive Form - Section 18B. (a) The department shall establish a voluntary non-opiate...
Section 18c - Patient Education Required Before Issuance of Opioid Prescription - Section 18C. Prior to issuing a prescription for an opioid...
Section 19 - Prescription; Restrictions on Issuance - Section 19. (a) A prescription for a controlled substance to...
Section 19a - Emergency Contraception - Section 19A. (a) As used in this section ''emergency contraception''...
Section 19b - Dispensing, Possessing and Administrating Opioid Antagonist - Section 19B. (a) As used in this section and unless...
Section 19b1/2 - Exchange of Naloxone or Other Opioid Antagonist Between Registered Entities - Section 19B1/2. Notwithstanding any special or general law to the...
Section 19c - High Opiate Overdose Area Pharmacies Required to Maintain Continuous Supply of Naloxone Rescue Kits or Opioid Antagonist Medications - Section 19C. The board of registration in pharmacy shall promulgate...
Section 19d - Supply Limitations for Opiate Prescriptions; Exception for Palliative Care - Section 19D. (a) When issuing a prescription for an opiate...
Section 20 - Oral Prescriptions - [See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated April...
Section 20a - Radiopharmaceutical Drugs - Section 20A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a...
Section 21 - Packaging and Labeling by Pharmacist Filling Prescription; Distribution of Educational Pamphlet - Section 21. The pharmacist filling a written, electronic or oral...
Section 21a - Prescriptions; Prospective Drug Review and Counseling by Pharmacist - Section 21A. A pharmacist shall conduct a prospective drug review...
Section 21b - Advertisement and Sale of Prescription Lock Boxes by Pharmacies - Section 21B. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...
Section 22 - Contents of Prescription Written by Practitioner - Section 22. (a) A practitioner who dispenses a controlled substance...
Section 23 - Written or Electronic Prescriptions; Requirements and Restrictions - Section 23. (a) A written or electronic prescription for a...
Section 24 - Dispensing by Practitioner for Narcotic Drug Research or Treatment of Drug Dependent Persons - Section 24. (a) If the commissioner determines that a research...
Section 24a - Electronic Monitoring of the Prescribing and Dispensing of Controlled Substances and Certain Additional Drugs - Section 24A. (a)(1) The department shall establish and maintain an...
Section 24b - Mean and Median Quantity and Volume of Prescriptions for Opiates; Notification of Practitioner's Own Percentile Ranking - Section 24B. The department shall annually determine, through the prescription...
Section 25 - Restrictions - Section 25. No person— (1) who is subject to the...
Section 26 - Distribution in Course of Business in Violation of Sec. 16 or Furnishing False Information in Application, etc., Prohibited - Section 26. No person who is a registrant shall knowingly...
Section 27 - Sale of Hypodermic Syringes or Hypodermic Needles - Section 27. Hypodermic syringes or hypodermic needles for the administration...
Section 27a - Collection and Disposal of Spent Non-Commercially Generated Hypodermic Needles and Lancets - Section 27A. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to...
Section 28 - Jurisdiction of Superior Court - Section 28. Upon petition of the board of registration in...
Section 29 - Educational Programs for Prevention of Abuse of Controlled Substances - Section 29. (a) The commissioner in cooperation with the commissioner...
Section 30 - Administrative Inspection of Controlled Premises - Section 30. (a) Administrative inspection warrants shall issue for the...
Section 31 - Classes of Controlled Substances; Establishment of Criminal Penalties for Violations of This Chapter - Section 31. For the purposes of establishing criminal penalties for...
Section 32 - Class a Controlled Substances; Unlawful Manufacture, Distribution, Dispensing or Possession With Intent to Manufacture, etc.; Eligibility for Parole - Section 32. (a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures,...
Section 32a - Class B Controlled Substances; Unlawful Manufacture, Distribution, Dispensing or Possession With Intent to Manufacture, Etc. - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 69, Sec....
Section 32b - Class C Controlled Substances; Unlawful Manufacturer, Distribution, Dispensing or Possession With Intent to Manufacture, Etc. - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 69, Sec....
Section 32c - Class D Controlled Substances; Unlawful Manufacture, Distribution, Dispensing, Cultivation or Possession With Intent to Manufacture, Etc. - Section 32C. (a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures,...
Section 32d - Class E Controlled Substances; Unlawful Manufacture, Distribution, Dispensing, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture, Etc. - Section 32D. (a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures,...
Section 32e - Trafficking in Marihuana, Cocaine, Heroin, Synthetic Opioids, Morphine, Opium, etc.; Eligibility for Parole - Section 32E. (a) Any person who trafficks in marihuana by...
Section 32f - Unlawful Manufacture, Distribution, Dispensing or Possession With Intent to Manufacture, Etc. of Controlled Substances in Classes a to C to Minors - Section 32F. (a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures,...
Section 32g - Counterfeit Substances; Unlawful Creation, Distribution, Dispensing or Possession With Intent to Distribute or Dispense - Section 32G. Any person who knowingly or intentionally creates, distributes,...
Section 32h - Prosecutions Not to Be Continued or Placed on File; Suspension or Reduction of Sentence; Eligibility for Parole, Etc. - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 69, Sec....
Section 32h1/2 - Good Behavior Deductions From Sentence After Serving Mandatory Minimum Term of Imprisonment; Eligibility; Parole; Work Release - [Text of section effective for any sentence for an offense...
Section 32i - Drug Paraphernalia; Sale, Possession or Manufacture With Intent to Sell; Penalty; Sale of Tobacco Rolling Papers - [Subsection (a) applicable as provided by 2018, 69, Sec. 238.]...
Section 32j - Controlled Substances Violations In, on or Near School Property or Public Parks or Playgrounds - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 69, Sec....
Section 32k - Inducing or Abetting Minor to Distribute or Sell Controlled Substances - Section 32K. Any person who knowingly causes, induces or abets...
Section 32l - Possession of 2 Ounces or Less of Marihuana; Civil Penalty and Forfeiture; Other Sanctions or Disqualifications Prohibited - Section 32L. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...
Section 32m - Possession of 2 Ounces or Less of Marihuana; Drug Awareness Program - Section 32M. An offender under the age of eighteen is...
Section 32n - Possession of One Ounce or Less of Marihuana; Enforcement Consistent With Non-Criminal Disposition Provisions of Sec. 21d of Chapter 40; Duty of Police Department; Notice; Failure to File Certificate of Completion of Drug Awareness Prog... - Section 32N. The police department serving each political subdivision of...
Section 33 - Unlawful Use of Registration Numbers in Manufacture or Distribution, or Fraudulently Obtaining Possession, of Controlled Substances; Criminal Penalties - Section 33. (a) No person shall knowingly or intentionally use...
Section 34 - Unlawful Possession of Particular Controlled Substances, Including Heroin and Marijuana; Lawful Possessing, Storing, Analyzing, Processing and Testing of Medical Marijuana and Medical Marijuana-Infused Products by Laboratories Exception - Section 34. No person knowingly or intentionally shall possess a...
Section 34a - Immunity From Prosecution Under Sec. 34 or Finding of Violation of Condition of Probation, Pretrial Release or Parole for Persons Seeking Medical Assistance for Self or Other Experiencing Drug-Related Overdose - Section 34A. (a) A person who, in good faith, seeks...
Section 36 - Protective Custody of Children Found Present Where Controlled Substances Are Unlawfully Kept or Possessed - Section 36. Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-five, if a...
Section 37 - Theft of Controlled Substances From Persons Authorized to Dispense or Possess - Section 37. Whoever steals a controlled substance from a registered...
Section 38 - Violation of Secs. 24(a), 25, 26 or 27 - Section 38. Any person who knowingly violates any provision of...
Section 39 - Violation of Secs. 21 or 22 - Section 39. Any person who knowingly violates any provision of...
Section 40 - Conspiracy - Section 40. Whoever conspires with another person to violate any...
Section 41 - Arrest Without Warrant - Section 41. A police officer shall have the authority to...
Section 42 - Cooperation With Federal and Other State Agencies - Section 42. The commissioner and the attorney general shall cooperate...
Section 43 - Conformity With Federal Acts - Section 43. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no...
Section 44 - Violations of Sec. 34; Acquittal, Dismissal or Indictment Nol Prossed; Sealing of Records - Section 44. If any person is found not guilty of...
Section 45 - Photographing and Fingerprinting of Persons Charged With Felony - Section 45. Any person arrested for or charged with the...
Section 47 - Forfeiture of Property - Section 47. (a) The following property shall be subject to...
Section 47a - Seized Controlled Substances and Narcotic Drugs; Custodian; Mailing for Chemical Analysis; Destruction or Disposal Upon Completion of Trial - Section 47A. The police commissioner, chief superintendent or other officer...
Section 48 - Severability - Section 48. If any provision of this chapter or the...
Section 49 - Enforcement of Sec. 24a - Section 49. The department of public health shall enforce section...