House
Study
Bill
626
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
BOARD
OF
PHARMACY
EXAMINERS
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
making
changes
to
the
uniform
controlled
substances
Act.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
124.206,
subsection
3,
Code
2009,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
ab.
Tapentadol.
3
Sec.
2.
Section
124.210,
subsection
3,
Code
2009,
is
amended
4
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
5
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
az.
Fospropofol.
6
Sec.
3.
Section
124.212,
subsection
5,
Code
Supplement
7
2009,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
5.
Depressants.
Unless
specifically
exempted
or
excluded
9
or
unless
listed
in
another
schedule,
any
material,
compound,
10
mixture,
or
preparation
that
contains
any
quantity
of
any
11
of
the
following
substance
substances
having
a
depressant
12
effect
on
the
central
nervous
system,
including
its
salts
of
13
such
substances
:
pregabalin
14
a.
Lacosamide
[(R)-2-acetoamido-N-benzyl-3-methoxy-
15
propionamide].
16
b.
Pregabalin
[(S)-3-(aminomethyl)-5-
methylhexanoic
acid].
17
EXPLANATION
18
This
bill
makes
changes
to
the
uniform
controlled
substances
19
Act.
20
The
bill
adds
the
substance
“tapentadol”
to
the
list
of
21
opiates
classified
as
schedule
II
controlled
substances.
22
The
bill
adds
the
substance
“fospropofol”
to
the
list
of
23
depressants
classified
as
schedule
IV
controlled
substances.
24
The
bill
adds
the
substance
“lacosamide
[(R)-2-acetoamido-
25
N-benzyl-3-methoxy-propionamide]”
to
the
list
of
depressants
26
classified
as
schedule
V
controlled
substances.
27
The
substances
added
to
the
schedules
by
the
bill
are
newly
28
developed
medications
recently
approved
by
the
federal
food
29
and
drug
administration
and
are
added
to
maintain
uniformity
30
between
state
and
federal
regulations.
31
Iowa
administrative
code
rules
657-10.1
through
657-10.40
32
govern
the
regulation
of
controlled
substances.
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