69.50.207 - Schedule III tests.

Schedule III tests.

(a) The state board of pharmacy shall place a substance in Schedule III upon finding that:

     (1) the substance has a potential for abuse less than the substances included in Schedules I and II;

     (2) the substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and

     (3) abuse of the substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.

     (b) The state board of pharmacy may place a substance in Schedule III without making the findings required by subsection (a) of this section if the substance is controlled under Schedule III of the federal Controlled Substances Act by a federal agency as the result of an international treaty, convention, or protocol.

[1993 c 187 § 7; 1971 ex.s. c 308 § 69.50.207.]