Every practitioner who distributes, administers or dispenses any controlled substance or who proposes to engage in distributing, prescribing, administering or dispensing any controlled substance within this state shall (1) obtain a certificate of registration issued by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and (2) register for access to the electronic prescription drug monitoring program established pursuant to subsection (j) of section 21a-254. Registration for access to said program shall be in a manner prescribed by said commissioner.
(P.A. 77-485, S. 2, 13; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 13-172, S. 2.)
History: Sec. 19-504l transferred to Sec. 21a-317 in 1983; 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of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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. 13-172 added Subdiv. (1) designator in existing provision re certificate of registration and added Subdiv. (2) re mandatory registration for access to electronic prescription drug monitoring program in manner prescribed by commissioner, effective June 21, 2013.