Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:988 – Cooperative arrangements; inspections
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:988
- Administer: means to deliver under the auspices of a registered practitioner a controlled dangerous substance to the ultimate user or human research subject by injection, or for inhalation, or ingestion, or by any other means except where otherwise provided by law. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:961
- Controlled dangerous substance: means any substance defined, enumerated, or included in federal or state statute or regulations, Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:961
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Dispense: means to deliver a controlled dangerous substance to the ultimate user or human research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for such delivery. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:961
- Distribute: means to deliver a controlled dangerous substance whether by physical delivery, administering, subterfuge, furnishing a prescription, or by filling, packaging, labeling or compounding the substance pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:961
- Drug: means :
(a) Articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:961
- State: means the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:961
A. The Louisiana Board of Pharmacy may cooperate with federal and other state agencies in discharging its responsibilities concerning dangerous substances. To this end, it is authorized to:
(1) Arrange for the exchange of information between governmental officials concerning the use and abuse of dangerous substances.
(2) Coordinate and cooperate in training programs on dangerous substance law enforcement at the local and state levels.
(3) Cooperate with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs by establishing a centralized unit which will receive, catalogue, file, and collect statistics, including records of drug dependent persons and other dangerous substance law offenders within the state, and make such information available for federal, state, and local law enforcement purposes.
(4) Conduct programs of eradication aimed at destroying wild or illicit growth of plant species from which controlled dangerous substances may be extracted.
B.(1) Any other provision of this Part to the contrary notwithstanding, the inspections authorized or required by that law, insofar as pharmacists and pharmacies registered and licensed under the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy only are concerned, shall be conducted by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, through its duly authorized officers, members, inspectors, agents, and representatives, insofar as pharmacists and pharmacies registered and licensed under the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy are concerned; and compliance with requirements involving security measures, inventories, records, and reports required by that law and/or the regulations promulgated from time to time in connection therewith shall be administratively determined by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, insofar as pharmacists and pharmacies registered and licensed under the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy only are concerned.
(2) Any other provision of this Part to the contrary notwithstanding, the inspections authorized or required by that law, insofar as physicians licensed to practice medicine by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners only are concerned, shall be conducted by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, through its duly authorized officers, members, inspectors, agents, and representatives, insofar as physicians licensed to practice medicine by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners are concerned. Compliance with requirements involving security measures, inventories, records, and reports required by that law or the regulations promulgated in connection therewith, or both, shall be administratively determined by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners insofar as physicians licensed to practice medicine by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners only are concerned.
C. Any other provision of this Part to the contrary notwithstanding, the inspections authorized or required by that law, insofar as persons licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health including dentists, veterinarians, scientific investigators, hospitals, or other persons licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, or administer a controlled dangerous substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state, shall be conducted and furnished exclusively by the Louisiana Department of Health, through its duly authorized officers, members, inspectors, agents, and representatives, insofar as dentists, veterinarians, scientific investigators, hospitals, or other persons licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to, or administer a controlled dangerous substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state registered and licensed under the Louisiana Department of Health are concerned; and compliance with requirements involving security measures, inventories, records, and reports required by that law and/or the regulations promulgated from time to time in connection therewith shall be administratively determined by the Louisiana Department of Health.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 634, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2006, No. 834, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.