Connecticut Statutes

§ 21a-254 — (Formerly Sec. 19-461). Designation of restricted drugs or substances by regulations. Records required by chapter. Electronic prescription drug monitoring program. Information reporting of diabetes drugs and devices.

Connecticut § 21a-254
JurisdictionConnecticut
Title 21aConsumer Protection
Ch. 420bDependency-Producing Drugs

This text of Connecticut § 21a-254 ((Formerly Sec. 19-461). Designation of restricted drugs or substances by regulations. Records required by chapter. Electronic prescription drug monitoring program. Information reporting of diabetes drugs and devices.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Connecticut primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21a-254 (2026).

Text

(a)The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after investigation and hearing, may by regulation designate certain substances as restricted drugs or substances by reason of their exceptional danger to health or exceptional potential for abuse so as to require written records of receipt, use and dispensation, and may, after investigation and hearing, remove the designation as restricted drugs or substances from any substance so previously designated.
(b)Each physician, dentist, veterinarian or other person who is authorized to administer or professionally use schedule I substances shall keep a record of such schedule I substances received by him and a record of all such schedule I substances administered, dispensed or professionally used by him. The record of schedule I substances received

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Related

State v. Doyle, No. 18-65985 (Dec. 5, 1990)
1990 Conn. Super. Ct. 4714 (Connecticut Superior Court, 1990)

Legislative History

(1967, P.A. 555, S. 17; 1969, P.A. 753, S. 11–13; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 9; P.A. 73-681, S. 9, 29; P.A. 74-338, S. 17, 94; P.A. 77-51; 77-101, S. 2; P.A. 81-148, S. 3, 4; 81-363, S. 2; P.A. 88-357, S. 16; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146; P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 06-155, S. 1; P.A. 13-172, S. 1; 13-208, S. 72; P.A. 15-198, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 354; P.A. 16-43, S. 9; P.A. 17-131, S. 1; P.A. 18-16, S. 4; P.A. 19-191, S. 3; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-4, S. 5; P.A. 21-40, S. 21; 21-182, S. 1; 21-192, S. 5; P.A. 24-80, S. 8.) History: 1969 act included cannabis-type drugs as restricted drugs and slightly changed wording in Subsec. (a), deleted phrase re applicability to practitioners “regularly engaged” in dispensing drugs and included applicability with respect to purchasing drugs in Subsec. (c) and deleted reference to charging drugs separately or in connection with other professional services, referred to “controlled” rather than “restricted” drugs in Subsec. (f) record-keeping provisions and required that records be “separately maintained”; 1972 act replaced “drugs” with “substances” throughout section, rephrased Subsec. (a) and added provision re removal of restricted drug designation, replaced “restricted drugs” with “Schedule I drugs” in Subsec. (b), included clinics and infirmaries in Subsec. (e) and made provisions re record-keeping applicable to hospitals applicable to infirmaries as well, required preparation of periodic records rather than preparation on October 1, 1967, and removed exception re records prepared in accordance with Sec. 511(d) of federal food and drug laws, required that records be available to authorized agents of inspecting commissioner and replaced “federal narcotic laws” with “Federal Controlled Substances Act” in Subsec. (f); P.A. 73-681 removed public health council as authority for designating restricted drugs in Subsec. (a), substituted “obtaining” for “purchasing” in Subsec. (c) and replaced provision re waiver of required record-keeping by public health council regulation with provisions re required manner in which records required to be kept on premises and use of foreign languages, codes, symbols in Subsec. (f); P.A. 74-338 deleted “inspecting” with reference to commissioner and referred to authorized “agent” rather than “agency” in Subsec. (f); P.A. 77-51 made Subsecs. (e) and (f) applicable to chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision; P.A. 77-101 added reference to Subsec. (h) in Subsecs. (c) to (e), added exceptions in Subsec. (e), inserted new Subsec. (g) re hospitals using unit dose drug distribution systems, designated part of Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (h) and relettered Subsec. (g) as Subsec. (i); P.A. 81-148 amended Subsec. (e) to specifically exclude from record-keeping requirement records re ultra-short-acting depressants and amended Subsec. (h) to clarify the requirements of federal law relating to the taking of inventory of controlled substances; P.A. 81-363 amended Subsec. (e) to authorize chronic and convalescent nursing homes using a unit dose drug distribution system to maintain their records in accordance with the provisions of Subsecs. (g) and (h); Sec. 19-461 transferred to Sec. 21a-254 in 1983; P.A. 88-357 amended Subsec. (e) by adding references to free-standing ambulatory surgical centers; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 06-155 added Subsec. (j) re establishment of electronic prescription drug monitoring program, reporting by pharmacies and outpatient pharmacies in hospitals or institutions, vendor collection of information, disclosure and confidentiality of information and adoption of regulations; P.A. 13-172 amended Subsec. (j) by adding references to nonresident pharmacies and dispensers in Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (2) re commissioner identifying other products or substances to be included in program, redesignating existing Subdivs. (2) to (5) as Subdivs. (3) to (6), changing reporting requirement from twice monthly to weekly and adding references to nonresident pharmacies and dispensers in redesignated Subdiv. (3), adding Subdiv. (7) re prohibiting, discouraging or impeding prescribing practitioner or pharmacist from requesting information, redesignating existing Subdiv. (6) as Subdiv. (8) and adding Subdiv. (9) re samples, effective June 21, 2013; P.A. 13-208 amended Subsec. (j) by making a technical change in Subdiv. (3), designating existing provision re samples as Subpara. (A) and adding Subpara. (B) re controlled substances dispensed to hospital inpatients in Subdiv. (9) and adding Subdiv. (10) re applicability to certain institutional pharmacies or pharmacist's drug rooms, effective June 21, 2013; P.A. 15-198 amended Subsec. (j) to delete references to Sec. 21a-240 in Subdivs. (1) and (3), add references to prescribing practitioner's authorized agent in Subdiv. (6), add new Subdiv. (8) re prescribing greater than 72-hour supply of controlled substance, redesignate existing Subdivs. (8) to (10) as Subdivs. (9) to (11) and replace “opioid antagonists” with “an opioid agonist” in redesignated Subdiv. (11); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (j) to add “Prior to July 1, 2016,” in Subdiv. (3), add new Subdiv. (4) re report to commissioner, redesignate existing Subdivs. (4) to (11) as Subdivs. (5) to (12), and make technical and conforming changes; P.A. 16-43 amended Subsec. (j) by designating existing provisions re report to commissioner by electronic means as new Subpara. (A) and amending same by adding reference to exception provided in subdivision, replacing “twenty-four hours” with “the next business day”, redesignating Subparas. (A) to (K) as clauses (i) to (xi), adding Subpara. (B) re reporting information when program not operational and adding Subpara. (C) re veterinarian to report in Subdiv. (4), by deleting reference to licensed health care professional and making a technical change in Subpara. (A) and adding reference to practitioner's authorized agent in Subpara. (B) in Subdiv. (7), by adding “other than a schedule V nonnarcotic controlled substance,”, deleting references to licensed health care professional, adding provision re prescribing schedule V nonnarcotic controlled substance, replacing “prescriber” with “prescribing practitioner” and making technical changes in Subdiv. (9), by adding new Subdiv. (10) re prescribing practitioner designating authorized agent and by redesignating existing Subdivs. (10) to (12) as Subdivs. (11) to (13), effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-131 amended Subsec. (j) by adding Subdiv. (11), codified by the Revisors as Subdiv. (14), re providing controlled substance prescription information to state agencies, effective June 30, 2017; P.A. 18-16 amended Subsec. (h) to replace provisions re record to be prepared biennially with provisions re record to be prepared annually, and delete provision re keeping of record required under federal Controlled Substances Act or federal food and drug laws containing substantially the same information to constitute compliance, effective January 1, 2019; P.A. 19-191 amended Subsec. (j) by adding references to pharmacist's authorized pharmacy technician in Subdivs. (7) and (8), replaced “may receive disciplinary action” with “may be subject to disciplinary action” added Subpara. (C) re designation of pharmacy technician to access electronic prescription drug monitoring program, and added Subpara. (D) re training for authorized pharmacy technicians in Subdiv. (10), added Subdiv. (15) re disclosure of controlled substance prescription information by prescribing practitioner or authorized agent to Department of Social Services, and made technical changes, effective July 9, 2019; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-4 amended Subsec. (j) by adding Subdiv. (16) re reports to commissioner by pharmacies, nonresident pharmacies, outpatient pharmacies and dispensers re insulin drugs, glucagon drugs, diabetes devices and diabetic ketoacidosis devices prescribed and dispensed by such pharmacies and dispensers, effective January 1, 2021; P.A. 21-40 made a technical change in Subsec. (j)(16); P.A. 21-182 amended Subsec. (j)(16) by adding an exemption from the reporting requirement for veterinarians dispensing devices and drugs related to diabetes, effective July 12, 2021; P.A. 21-192 amended Subsec. (j)(1) by adding provision re certified and licensed substance use disorder clinics, amended Subsec. (j)(13) by adding exception where patient has signed a consent to disclose records, authorization for review of consent and requirement to discontinue disclosure when consent is withdrawn and amended Subsec. (j)(16) by adding an exemption from the reporting requirement for veterinarians dispensing devices and drugs related to diabetes, effective July 1, 2022; P.A. 24-80 amended Subsec. (j)(10)(A) and (B) by substituting references to Sec. 21a-322(a) for references to Sec. 21a-322, effective May 30, 2024. Annotation to former section 19-461: Cited. 7 CA 403. Annotation to present section: Cited. 207 C. 698.

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