Bill Summary for S 206

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Mar 21 2023

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
Senate Bill 206 (Public) Filed Monday, March 6, 2023
AN ACT TO AMEND THE NORTH CAROLINA CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT TO ESTABLISH NEW VIOLATIONS INVOLVING COUNTERFEIT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; TO EXPAND THE STATE'S DEFINITION OF OPIOID ANTAGONIST TO INCLUDE ALL OPIOID ANTAGONISTS APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF A DRUG OVERDOSE; AND TO ALLOW THE USE OF ALL SUCH FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG-APPROVED OPIOID ANTAGONISTS IN NEEDLE AND HYPODERMIC SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; TO CONTINUE TO AUTHORIZE PHARMACISTS, PHARMACY INTERNS, AND PHARMACY TECHNICIANS TO ADMINISTER VACCINATIONS AND IMMUNIZATIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE EXPIRING PUBLIC READINESS AND PREPAREDNESS ACT; AND TO CONTINUE THE ACUTE HOSPITAL CARE AT HOME PROGRAM.
Intro. by McInnis.

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Senate committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes. Expands the scope of prohibited acts under GS 90-108(12) of the State Controlled Substances Act as follows. Adds new subsection 90-108(12)(a), making it illegal for any person to possess, manufacture, distribute, export, or import any three-neck  round-bottom flask, tableting machine, encapsulating machine, or gelatin capsule, or any equipment, chemical, product, or material which may be used to create a counterfeit controlled substance, knowing, intending, or having reasonable cause to believe that it will be used to create a counterfeit controlled substance. Amends the provision of GS 90-108(12) pertaining to the prohibitions on making, distributing, or possessing materials that reproduce identifying marks upon a a drug, or container, or their labeling to require that the person did so under the following mental states: knowingly, intentionally, or having reasonable cause to believe that the materials will be used to create a counterfeit controlled substance. (No mental state in GS 90-108(12) in prior version of act.) Makes organizational changes. Makes changes to the act’s long title. Makes intentional violations of GS 90-108(12a) or (12b) a Class E felony. (Was, Class D felony.)