Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 25 > Article 26 > Chapter 24 - Central Repository for Controlled Substances Data

• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• board: refers to the Indiana board of pharmacy. See Indiana Code 25-26-24-1
• committee: refers to the INSPECT oversight committee established by section 24 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 25-26-24-2
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• controlled substance: has the meaning set forth in IC 35-48-1-9. See Indiana Code 25-26-24-2.5
• dispense: means to deliver a controlled substance to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner and includes the prescribing, administering, packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for that delivery. See Indiana Code 25-26-24-3
• ephedrine: includes only ephedrine that is dispensed pursuant to a prescription or drug order. See Indiana Code 25-26-24-4
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• exception report: means a record of data concerning:

  Indiana Code 25-26-24-5

• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• identification number: refers to the following:

  Indiana Code 25-26-24-6

• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• INSPECT: means the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking program established by IC 25-1-13-4. See Indiana Code 25-26-24-7
• interoperability: refers to the INSPECT program electronically sharing reported information with another state concerning the dispensing of a controlled substance:

  Indiana Code 25-26-24-8

• medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in IC 16-18-2-295) concerning any diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of the patient, unless otherwise defined. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• pain management clinic: means a publicly or privately owned facility that primarily engages in the treatment of pain or pain management through prescribing controlled substances. See Indiana Code 25-26-24-9
• patient: means an individual who has requested or received health care services from a provider for the examination, treatment, diagnosis, or prevention of a physical or mental condition. See Indiana Code 25-26-24-10
• practitioner: means a physician, dentist, veterinarian, podiatrist, nurse practitioner, scientific investigator, pharmacist, hospital, or other institution or individual licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, or administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in the United States. See Indiana Code 25-26-24-11
• prescription: means an order for medication that is dispensed to or for a recipient. See Indiana Code 25-26-24-12
• President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
• pseudoephedrine: includes only pseudoephedrine that is dispensed pursuant to a prescription or drug order. See Indiana Code 25-26-24-13
• recipient: means an individual for whom a controlled substance is dispensed. See Indiana Code 25-26-24-14
• recipient representative: means the individual to whom a controlled substance is dispensed if the recipient is either less than eighteen (18) years of age or unavailable to receive the controlled substance. See Indiana Code 25-26-24-15
• state: means any state of the United States or the District of Columbia. See Indiana Code 25-26-24-16
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5