§ 40:965 — Secretary of health; authority to except

§965. Secretary of health; authority to except
A. The secretary may by regulation except any material, compound, mixture, or
preparation containing any depressant or stimulant substance listed in Subsection A, B, C,
or D of Schedule III or in Schedule IV or V from the application of all or any part of this Part
if the material, compound, mixture, or preparation contains one or more active medicinal
ingredients not having a depressant or stimulant effect on the central nervous system,
provided that such ingredients are included therein in such combinations, quantity,
proportion, or concentration as to vitiate the potential for abuse of the substances which do
have a depressant or stimulant effect on the central nervous system.
B. The secretary may, by regulation, exempt any compound, mixture, or preparation
containing any anabolic steroids substances listed in Schedule III(E) of R.S. 40:964 from the
application of all or any part of this Part if, because of its concentration, preparation, mixture,
or delivery system, it has no significant potential for abuse.

Legislative History

Acts 1991, No. 513, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.