Section 21a-262-1 - Definitions(a) Controlled Substances means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor so designated as a controlled drug or controlled substance pursuant to state and/or federal drug laws and regulations.(b)Schedules of Controlled Substances. For security purposes, each particular controlled substance shall be considered to be in the schedule as designated in each particular instance by applicable state and/or federal drug laws or regulations. In instances of conflict between state and federal drug laws or regulations, the controlled substances shall be considered to be in the schedule providing the highest degree of control.(c) Registrant means any person of firm registered with the federal government for conduct of any business activity with controlled substances. The person signing the federal application for registration for controlled substances shall be considered to be the registrant for security purposes.(d)Classification of Registrants. For security purposes, registrants shall be classified according to the business activity for which they are registered under the federal controlled substances act.(e)Controlled Substance(s) Units: A controlled substance unit shall be a unit consisting of a quantity of controlled substance(s) which shall be determined according to the following formula: #100 Tablets or Capsules-shall be 1 unit
One pint of a liquid-shall be 1 unit
? ounce of a powder, crystal, flake, or granule-shall be 1 unit
One multiple dose vial-shall be 1 unit
Ten suppositories-shall be 1 unit
Ten single dose Ampules, Tubexes, Dosettes, Hyporettes, or other single dose package forms for injection whether powder or in solution-shall be 1 unit
The quantity of controlled substance(s) stocked by any registrant shall be determined for security purposes by totaling the number of controlled substance(s) units currently on hand. Partial containers of controlled substances shall be considered as being full when determining the total quantity of controlled substance stock. Larger package sizes shall be counted according to the number of controlled substance units they contain. Package sizes less than a full controlled substance unit shall be counted as the fraction of a controlled substance unit which the package size contains, i.e., #50 Tablets shall be counted as .5 controlled substance units.
(f) An approved safe or safe(s) as used in sections 21a-262-1 to 21a-262-10, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies means any safe(s) that has been approved prior to January 1, 1975 or any safe(s) which conforms to or exceeds all of the following standards: (1) A minimum of a B Burglary Rate;(2) Equipped with a relocking device;(3) Weight of 750 pounds or more or rendered immobile by being securely anchored to a permanent structure of the building; and(4) Adequate interior space to store all controlled substances required to be kept within the safe.(g) An approved vault as used in sections 21a-262-1 to 21a-262-4 inclusive, means a vault approved prior to January 1, 1975 or a vault constructed after January 1, 1975 and meeting the following specifications or equivalent: (1) Walls, floors, and ceilings constructed of at least 8 inches of reinforced concrete or other substantial masonry, reinforced vertically and horizontally with 1/2 inch steel rods tied 6 inches on center, or the structural equivalent to such reinforced walls, floors, and ceilings.(2) The door of the vault must contain a multiple-position combination lock or the equivalent, a relocking device or equivalent and steel plate with a thickness of at least ½ inch. (The GSA Class 5 rated steel door meets all the qualifications for the vault door.)(3) The vault, if operations require it to remain open for frequent access, must be equipped with a "day gate" which is self-closing and self-locking or the equivalent. If the operation requires only that the vault be opened infrequently, such as to remove raw material in the morning and return raw material at night, and is always relocked immediately after use, a "day gate" is not required.(4) The walls, floor, and ceiling of the vault must be equipped with an alarm which, when unauthorized entry is attempted, transmits a signal directly to a central station protection company, or a local or state police agency which has a legal responsibility to respond, or a 24-hour control station operated by the registrant. If necessary, due to local conditions or other problems, holdup buttons shall be placed at strategic points of entry to the perimeter area of the vault.(5) The vault door must be equipped with a contact switch.(6) The vault must have at least one of the following:a. Complete electrical lacing of the walls, floor and ceiling orb. Sensitive ultrasonic equipment within the vault orc. A sensitive sound accumulator system ord. Such other device designed to detect illegal entry as may be approved by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection.(7) The electrical alarm system must be certified as being an Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., approved system and installation.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 21a-262-1
Effective July 27, 1984; Amended April 3, 2007; Amended June 11, 2011