Rhode Island General Laws
Article III - Regulation of Manufacturing, Distributing, Prescribing, Administering, and Dispensing Controlled Substances
Section 21-28-3.02. - Registration requirements.

§ 21-28-3.02. Registration requirements.
(a) Every person who manufactures, distributes, prescribes, administers, or dispenses any controlled substance within this state, or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, prescribing, administering, or dispensing of any controlled substance within this state, must obtain annually a registration issued by the director of health in accordance with his or her rules.
(b) Persons registered by the director of health under this chapter to manufacture, distribute, prescribe, administer, dispense, or conduct research with those substances may do so to the extent authorized by their registration and in conformity with the other provisions of this chapter.
(c) As a condition of the initial registration or renewal of the practitioner’s authority to prescribe controlled substances, all such practitioners shall be automatically registered with the prescription-drug-monitoring database maintained by the department of health.
(d) By January 1, 2017, the director of health shall develop regulations for appropriate training in best prescribing practices needed for license renewal.
History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 183, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 180, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 199, § 1.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 21 - Food and Drugs

Chapter 21-28 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act

Article III - Regulation of Manufacturing, Distributing, Prescribing, Administering, and Dispensing Controlled Substances

Section 21-28-3.01. - Rules and regulations — Fees.

Section 21-28-3.02. - Registration requirements.

Section 21-28-3.03. - Registration.

Section 21-28-3.04. - Suspension or revocation of registration.

Section 21-28-3.05. - Order to show cause.

Section 21-28-3.06. - License required for manufacture.

Section 21-28-3.07. - Qualifications for licensees.

Section 21-28-3.08. - Disposition of license fees.

Section 21-28-3.09. - Denial, revocation, or suspension of licenses.

Section 21-28-3.10. - Authorized sales by manufacturers and wholesalers on official written orders.

Section 21-28-3.11. - Form, delivery, and preservation of official written orders.

Section 21-28-3.12. - Records of controlled substances used in professional practice.

Section 21-28-3.13. - Records of manufacturers and wholesalers.

Section 21-28-3.14. - Records of apothecaries.

Section 21-28-3.15. - Records of vendors of schedule V substances.

Section 21-28-3.16. - Form, content, and preservation of records.

Section 21-28-3.17. - Records open to inspection.

Section 21-28-3.18. - Prescriptions.

Section 21-28-3.19. - Sale of stock on discontinuance of pharmacy business.

Section 21-28-3.20. - Authority of practitioner to prescribe, administer, and dispense.

Section 21-28-3.20.1. - Authority of practitioner to prescribe, administer, and dispense — Cancer, palliative care and chronic intractable pain.

Section 21-28-3.21. - Operation of treatment and rehabilitation programs for drug dependent persons.

Section 21-28-3.22. - Administration, dispensation or use restricted to scope of employment or duty.

Section 21-28-3.23. - Advertising controlled substances.

Section 21-28-3.24. - Examination before use of controlled substances.

Section 21-28-3.25. - Subpoena powers.

Section 21-28-3.26. - Labeling by manufacturers and wholesalers.

Section 21-28-3.27. - Labeling by dispensing apothecaries.

Section 21-28-3.28. - Security requirements generally.

Section 21-28-3.29. - Repealed.

Section 21-28-3.30. - Persons exempt from restrictions on possession of controlled substances.

Section 21-28-3.31. - Use of imitation controlled substance in research — Immunity.

Section 21-28-3.32. - Electronic prescription database. [Effective until January 1, 2023.]

Section 21-28-3.33. - Voluntary non-opiate directive form.