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S.B. 83 Controlled Substance Scheduling Amendments

Became lawWritten by Sen. Evan J. Vickers · carried in the House by Rep. Logan Monson

  1. Introduced
  2. Senate committee
  3. Senate vote
  4. House committee
  5. House vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

If the federal government moves an FDA-approved drug off Schedule I and assigns it a federal controlled-substance schedule, Utah would adopt that same schedule for the drug under state law. The state's Controlled Substance Advisory Council could recommend a stricter schedule than federal law, but not a less strict one.

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Official description
  • allows for the automatic rescheduling of a pharmaceutical composition of a schedule I controlled substance if the pharmaceutical composition is rescheduled under federal law
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