ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

Senate: HHS DP 5-0-2-0 | Third Read 24-3-3-0

House: HHS DP 8-2-0-2

SB 1188: approved medications; scheduling; prescription authority

Sponsor: Senator Shope, LD 16

Caucus & COW

Overview

Conforms Arizona’s controlled substance schedules with federal scheduling by providing that any compound, mixture or preparation approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and scheduled or rescheduled by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) automatically receives the same classification under Arizona law and may be prescribed unless classified as a Schedule I substance.

History

The federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) classifies substances into five schedules based on medical use, abuse potential, and risk of dependence. FDA-approved substances that the DEA schedules or reschedules are assigned a corresponding federal schedule (U.S. DEA; 21 USC §§ 355 and 811).

Current law requires the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy (Board) to incorporate the DEA’s federal drug schedules into its rules and to update those rules whenever federal schedule changes occur (A.R.S. §§ 36-2512 through 36-2516).

Provisions

1. States that notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and without any further action by the Board:

a. any compound, mixture or preparation that is approved by the FDA and scheduled or rescheduled by the DEA is assigned the identical schedule under Arizona law; and

b. any compound, mixture or preparation that is approved by the FDA and scheduled or rescheduled by the DEA to a schedule other than Schedule I of the CSA is a controlled substance under Arizona law and may be prescribed. (Sec. 1)

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