An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1943 By: Paxton of the Senate
and
Pfeiffer of the House
An Act relating to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous
Substances Act; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 2 -302,
as amended by Section 1, Chapter 103, O.S.L. 2023 (63
O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 2 -302), which relates to
registration requirements; setting expiration of
registration and requirement for application
annually; requiring certain disclosure at
application; providing exception; prohibiting
transfer of registration; am ending 63 O.S. 2021,
Section 2-303, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 31,
1st Extraordinary Session, O.S.L. 2023 (63 O.S. Supp.
2023, Section 2-303), which relates to registration;
removing ability for persons to be initially
permitted and certain fees asso ciated with
registration; providing for promulgation of rules;
updating statutory language; and providing an
effective date.
SUBJECT: Registration procedures for controlled dangerous
substances
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 2 -302, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 103, O.S.L. 2023 (63 O.S. Supp. 2023,
Section 2-302), is amended to read as follows:
Section 2-302. A. Every person who manufactures, distributes ,
dispenses, prescribes, administers or uses for scientific purposes
any controlled dangerous substance within or into this state, or who
proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, dispensing,
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prescribing, administering or use for scientific purp oses of any
controlled dangerous substance within or into this state shall
obtain a registration issued by the Director of the Oklahoma State
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, in accordance with
rules promulgated by the Director. Persons re gistered by the
Director under Section 2 -101 et seq. of this title to manufacture,
distribute, dispense or conduct research with controlled dangerous
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 the
Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. Every wholesaler,
manufacturer or distributor of any drug product containing
pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine, o r their salts, isomers or
salts of isomers, shall obtain a registration issued by the Director
of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Control in accordance with rules promulgated by the Director and as
provided for in Section 2 -332 of this title. Any person who
manufactures, distributes, dispenses, prescribes, administers or
uses for scientific purposes any controlled dangerous substances
within or into this state without first obtaining a registration
issued by the Director of the O klahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and
Dangerous Drugs Control shall be subject to the same statutory and
administrative jurisdiction of the Director as if that person were
an applicant or registrant.
B. Out-of-state pharmaceutical suppliers who provide c ontrolled
dangerous substances to individuals within this state shall obtain a
registration issued by the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, in accordance with rules
promulgated by the Director. This provision shall also apply to
wholesale distributors who distribute controlled dangerous
substances to pharmacies or other entities registered within this
state in accordance with rules promulgated by the Director.
C. Every person who owns in whole or in part a pu blic or
private medical facility for which a majority of patients are issued
on a reoccurring monthly basis a prescription for opioids,
benzodiazepines, barbiturates or carisoprodol, but not including
buprenorphine with naloxone or buprenorphine as used fo r medication-
assisted treatment services, shall obtain a registration issued by
the Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous
Drugs Control.
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D. Every manufacturer and distributor required to register
under the provisions of this se ction shall provide all data required
pursuant to 21 U.S.C., Section 827(d)(1) on a monthly basis to the
Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control.
Controlled dangerous substances in Schedule I shall be reported in
accordance with rules promulgated by the Director. Reporting of
controlled dangerous substances pursuant to 21 U.S.C., Section
827(d)(1) shall include, but not be limited to:
1. The manufacturer’s or distributor’s name, address, phone
number, DEA registration number and c ontrolled dangerous substance
registration number issued by the Bureau;
2. The name, address and DEA registration number of the entity
to whom the controlled dangerous substance was sold;
3. The date of the sale of the controlled dangerous substance;
4. The name and National Drug Code of the controlled dangerous
substance sold; and
5. The number of containers and the strength and quantity of
controlled dangerous substances in each container sold.
E. The information maintained and provided pursuant to
subsection D of this section shall be confidential and not open to
the public. Access to the information shall, at the discretion of
the Director, be limited to:
1. Peace officers certified pursuant to the provisions of
Section 3311 of Title 70 of t he Oklahoma Statutes who are employed
as investigative agents of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics
and Dangerous Drugs Control or the Office of the Attorney General;
2. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration Diversion
Group Supervisor; an d
3. A multicounty grand jury properly convened pursuant to the
provisions of the Multicounty Grand Jury Act.
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F. Manufacturers, distributors, home care agencies, hospices,
home care services, medical facility owners referred to in
subsection C of this section and scientific researchers shall obtain
a registration annually. Other practitioners shall obtain a
registration for a period to be determined by the Director that will
be for a period not less than one (1) year nor more than three (3)
years.
G. Every trainer or handler of a canine controlled dangerous
substances detector who, in the ordinary course of such trainer’s or
handler’s profession, desires to possess any controlled dangerous
substance, annually, shall obtain a registration issued by the
Director for a fee of Seventy Dollars ($70.00). Such persons shall
be subject to all applicable provisions of Section 2 -101 et seq. of
this title and such applicable rules promulgated by the Director for
those individuals identified in subparagraph a of paragraph 32 of
Section 2-101 of this title. Persons registered by the Director
pursuant to this subsection may possess controlled dangerous
substances to the extent authorized by their registration and in
conformity with the other provisions of the Unifo rm Controlled
Dangerous Substances Act.
H. The following persons shall not be required to register and
may lawfully possess controlled dangerous substances under the
provisions of Section 2 -101 et seq. of this title:
1. An agent, or an employee thereof , of any registered
manufacturer, distributor, dispenser or user for scientific purposes
of any controlled dangerous substance, if such agent is acting in
the usual course of such agent’s or employee’s business or
employment;
2. Any person lawfully actin g under the direction of a person
authorized to administer controlled dangerous substances under
Section 2-312 of this title;
3. A common or contract carrier or warehouser, or an employee
thereof, whose possession of any controlled dangerous substance is
in the usual course of such carrier’s or warehouser’s business or
employment;
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4. An ultimate user or a person in possession of any controlled
dangerous substance pursuant to a lawful order of a practitioner;
5. An individual pharmacist acting in the u sual course of such
pharmacist’s employment with a pharmacy registered pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2 -101 et seq. of this title;
6. A nursing home licensed by this state;
7. Any Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
employee or any person whose facility contracts with the Department
of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services whose possession of
any dangerous drug, as defined in Section 353.1 of Title 59 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, is for the purpose of delivery of a mental h ealth
consumer’s medicine to the consumer’s home or residence;
8. Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses; and
9. An assisted living facility licensed by this state.
I. The Director may, by rule, waive the requirement for
registration or fee for registration of certain manufacturers,
distributors, dispensers, prescribers, administrators or users for
scientific purposes if the Director finds it consistent with the
public health and safety.
J. A separate registration shall be required at each principal
place of business or professional practice where the applicant
manufactures, distributes, dispenses, prescribes, administers or
uses for scientific purposes controlled dangerous substances.
K. The Director is authorized to inspect the establish ment of a
registrant or applicant for registration in accordance with rules
promulgated by the Director.
L. No person engaged in a profession or occupation for which a
license to engage in such activity is provided by law shall be
registered under the Un iform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act
unless such person holds a valid license of such person’s profession
or occupation.
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M. Registrations shall be issued on the first day of November
of each year and shall expire annually . Registrations may be issu ed
at other times, however, upon certification of the professional
licensing board. Registration applications shall be required
annually thereafter.
N. The licensing boards of all professions and occupations to
which the use of controlled dangerous subs tances is incidental shall
furnish a current list to the Director, not later than the first day
of October of each year, of the persons holding valid licenses. All
such persons except persons exempt from registration requirements
under subsection H of thi s section shall be subject to the
registration requirements of Section 2 -101 et seq. of this title.
O. The licensing board of any professional defined as a mid -
level practitioner shall notify and furnish to the Director, not
later than the first day of O ctober of each year, that such
professional holds a valid license, a current listing of individuals
licensed and registered with their respective boards to prescribe,
order, select, obtain and administer controlled dangerous
substances. The licensing boar d shall immediately notify the
Director of any action subsequently taken against any such
individual.
P. Beginning November 1, 2010, each registrant that prescribes,
administers or dispenses methadone shall be required to check the
prescription profile o f the patient on the central repository of the
Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control.
Q. All legal entities applying for or approved for registration
shall disclose to the Director all beneficial owners of the legal
entity. Publicly traded entities shall be exempt from full
disclosure; provided that, the publicly traded entity discloses to
the Director all beneficial owners who exercise authority or control
over controlled dangerous substances at each registered location.
R. No registration, or any authority conferred thereby, shall
be leased, assigned, or otherwise transferred. No registration
shall be transferrable on change of ownership or business activity.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Sect ion 2-303, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 31, 1st Extraordinary Session, O.S.L.
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2023 (63 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 2 -303), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 2-303. A. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Contr ol shall register an applicant to
own a medical facility as described in subsection C of Section 2 -302
of this title, or to manufacture, distribute, dispense, prescribe,
administer or use for scientific purposes controlled dangerous
substances included in Schedules I through V of Section 2 -101 et
seq. of this title unless the Director determines that the issuance
of such registration is inconsistent with the public interest. In
determining the public interest, the following factors shall be
considered:
1. Maintenance of effective controls against diversion of
particular controlled dangerous substances and any Schedule I or II
substance compounded therefrom into other than legitimate medical,
scientific or industrial channels including examination of the
fitness of his or her employees or agents to handle dangerous
substances;
2. Compliance with applicable state and local law;
3. Has been found guilty of, entered a plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to a charge under the Uniform Controlled Dangerous
Substances Act or any other state or federal law relating to any
substance defined herein as a controlled dangerous substance or any
felony under the laws of any state or the United States;
4. Furnishing by the applicant false or fraudulent material
information in any application filed under Section 2 -101 et seq. of
this title;
5. Past experience in the manufacture, distribution,
dispensing, prescribing, administering or use for scientific
purposes of controlled dangerous substances, and the existence in
the establishment of effective controls against diversion;
6. Denial, suspension or revocation of the applicant’s federal
registration to manufacture, distribute or dispense controlled
dangerous substances as authorized by federal law; and
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7. Such other factors as may be relevant to and consistent with
the public health and safety.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to require individual licensed
pharmacists to register under the provisions of the Uniform
Controlled Dangerous Substances Act.
B. Registration granted under subsection A of this section
shall not entitle a registrant to manufacture, distribute, dispense,
prescribe, administer or use for scientific purposes controlled
dangerous substances in Schedule I or II other than those specified
in the registration.
C. Practitioners shall be registered to dispense, prescribe,
administer or use for scientific purposes substances in Schedules II
through V if they are authorized to carry on their respective
activities under the laws of this state. A registr ation application
by a practitioner who wishes to conduct research with Schedule I
substances shall be accompanied by evidence of the applicant’s
federal registration to conduct such activity and shall be referred
to the Medical Research Commission for adv ice. The Medical Research
Commission shall promptly advise the Director concerning the
qualifications of each practitioner requesting such registration.
Registration for the purpose of bona fide research or of use for
scientific purposes with Schedule I substances by a practitioner
deemed qualified by the Medical Research Commission may be denied
only on a ground specified in subsection A of Section 2 -304 of this
title or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the
applicant will abuse or unlawful ly transfer such substances or fail
to safeguard adequately such applicant’s supply of such substances
against diversion from legitimate medical or scientific use.
D. 1. The Director shall initially permit persons to register
who own or operate any esta blishment engaged in the manufacture,
distribution, dispensing, prescribing, administering or use for
scientific purposes of any controlled dangerous substances prior to
June 4, 1991, and who are registered or licensed by the state. Fees
for registration under this section shall be as follows:
Practitioners and mid -level
practitioners $140.00 per year
of registration
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Home Care Agencies, Hospices &
Home Care Services $140.00 annually
Medical Facility Owners $300.00 annually
Distributors $300.00 annually
Manufacturers $2,500.00 annually
Manufacturer, Wholesaler, or
Distributor of drug products
containing pseudoephedrine
or phenylpropanolamine $300.00 annually
2. A registrant shall be required to pay double the amount of
the above-listed fee for any r enewal of registration received more
than thirty (30) days late.
3. A Ten Dollar ($10.00) fee shall be charged for a duplicate
registration certificate.
E. Compliance by manufacturers and distributors with the
provisions of the Federal federal Controlled Substances Act, 21
U.S.C., Section 801 et seq., respecting registration, excluding
fees, shall be deemed sufficient to qualify for registration under
Section 2-101 et seq. of this title.
F. Applications for renewal of registration shall open on the
first day of July annually. Applications for renewal shall be
considered timely if submitted by the first day of September
annually. Registrations not renewed by the final day of any
calendar year in which the registration was issued shall be
ineligible for renewal and shall require a new registration upon
return to the Bureau. With notice provided prior to expiration, the
Director may waive the requirement of a new registration pursuant to
promulgated rules. New applications with substantive changes to t he
original registration shall not be considered a transfer of any
activity of a continuing nature.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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Passed the Senate the 14th day of May, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the S enate
Passed the House of Representatives the 23rd day of April, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _______ __
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
day of _________________ _, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________