§ 35-48-3-3 — Registration requirements

(a) Every person who manufactures or
distributes any controlled substance within this state or who proposes
to engage in the manufacture or distribution of any controlled
substance within this state, must obtain biennially a registration issued
by the board in accordance with the board's rules.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (i), every person who dispenses
or proposes to dispense any controlled substance within Indiana must
have a registration issued by the board in accordance with the board's
rules. A registration issued to a dispenser under this subsection expires
whenever the dispenser's license as a practitioner expires. The board
shall renew a dispenser's registration under this subsection concurrently
with any state license authorizing the dispenser to act as a practitioner.
(c) This subsection is effective January 1, 2014. An owner must
have a registration issued by the board in accordance with the board's
rules. An owner shall adopt reasonable procedures to ensure that
employed or contracted individuals who are dispensing controlled
substances in the office, facility, clinic, or location owned or controlled
by the owner dispense the controlled substances in a manner that
complies with laws, rules, and regulations.
(d) Persons registered by the board under this article to manufacture,
distribute, dispense, or conduct research with controlled 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 this chapter.
(e) The following persons need not register and may lawfully
possess controlled substances under this article:
(1) An agent or employee of any registered manufacturer,
distributor, or dispenser of any controlled substance if the agent
or employee is acting in the usual course of the agent's or
employee's business or employment.
(2) A common or contract carrier or warehouseman, or an
employee thereof, whose possession of any controlled substance
is in the usual course of business or employment.
(3) An ultimate user or a person in possession of any controlled
substance under a lawful order of a practitioner or in lawful
possession of a schedule V substance.
(f) The board may waive by rule the requirement for registration of
certain manufacturers, distributors, or dispensers if it finds it consistent
with the public health and safety.
(g) Except as provided in subsections (h) and (i), a separate
registration is required at each principal place of business or
professional practice where the applicant:
(1) manufactures, distributes, dispenses, or possesses controlled
substances; and
(2) employs or contracts with individuals to dispense controlled
substances. This subdivision is effective January 1, 2014.
(h) A person licensed to practice veterinary medicine in Indiana
holding an Indiana controlled substance registration is not required to
obtain a separate registration to possess or dispense controlled
substances in the usual course of veterinary practice at a site, so long
as the site is not a principal place of business or professional practice.
(i) A person licensed to practice veterinary medicine in another state
holding a federal controlled substance registration is not required to
obtain an Indiana controlled substance registration to possess or
dispense controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary
practice at a site in Indiana, so long as the site is not a principal place
of business or professional practice and the veterinarian is licensed to
practice veterinary medicine in Indiana.
(j) The board may inspect the establishment of a registrant or
applicant for registration in accordance with the board's rules.
(k) Beginning January 1, 2014, the attorney general may file a
petition in circuit or superior court to obtain an injunction against a
violation of this chapter by an owner. In an action filed by the attorney
general under this subsection, the court may:
(1) issue an injunction;
(2) order the owner to pay a civil penalty not to exceed five
thousand dollars ($5,000);
(3) order the owner to pay the state the reasonable costs of the
attorney general's investigation and prosecution related to the
action; and
(4) provide the appointment of a receiver.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.7. Amended by
P.L.156-1986, SEC.6; P.L.185-2013, SEC.6; P.L.15-2024,
SEC.5.