(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section:
(1) Every registrant, on the effective date of this act, or as soon thereafter as such registrant first engages in the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of controlled substances, and annually thereafter, shall make a complete and accurate inventory of all stocks thereof on hand.
(2) Within the term of ten (10) days from the effective date of the regulations or order of the Secretary controlling a substance which prior to such date was not a controlled substance, each registrant who manufactures, distributes or dispenses such substance, shall make and keep a complete and accurate record of the stocks of each substance on hand.
(3) On and after the effective date of this act, every registrant under this chapter manufacturing, distributing or dispensing controlled substances shall make, and keep up to date, a complete and accurate record of each such substance manufactured, distributed, dispensed, received, sold, delivered or otherwise disposed of by him.
(4) Every manufacturer registered under § 2303 of this title shall, within the term and in the manner prescribed by regulations by the Secretary of Health, prepare periodical reports for such officer of every sale, delivery or transfer of any controlled substance, and every distributor shall, also, within the term and in the manner prescribed by regulations by the Secretary of Health, prepare periodical reports for such officer with regard to controlled narcotic substances, identifying in said reports the person or establishment to whom the sale, delivery or transfer was made by the registration number allocated by this chapter.
(b) Each inventory or report required pursuant to this section:
(1) Shall be in agreement with and contain such relevant matters as required by the regulation of the Secretary and the forms provided by same to said effects; Provided, That a copy of the required annual inventory shall be submitted to the Department at the time of requesting the annual renewal of the registry at the due date of same.
(2)
(A) be maintained separately from all other records of the registrant, or
(B) alternatively, in the case of nonnarcotic controlled substances, be in such form that the information required by the Secretary of Health is readily retrievable from the ordinary business records of the registrant, and
(3) be kept and be available, for at least two years, for inspection and copying by officers or employees authorized by the Secretary of Health and by authorized federal and commonwealth officers.
(c) The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply:
(1) To practitioners prescribing or administering controlled substances of Schedule II, III, IV or V in the lawful course of his professional practice. The practitioners thus excepted shall maintain and keep a record of all controlled substances administered or furnished to their patients, stating the amount, date, name and address of the patient. Said report shall be kept for a period of 2 years from the date on which the substances were administered or furnished.
(2) To the use of controlled substances in premises or establishments registered under this chapter which make and keep records on said substances in research or teaching authorized under local or federal laws.
(d) [Repealed. Act June 22, 1975, No. 52, p. 118, § 3, eff. 30 days after June 22, 1975.]
History —June 23, 1971, No. 4, p. 526, § 306; June 22, 1975, No. 52, p. 118, § 3; June 12, 1978, No. 38, p. 135, § 3; Sept. 3, 2003, No. 257, § 2, eff. 180 days after Sept. 3, 2003.