25-26-24-3. "Dispense"

IN Code § 25-26-24-3 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 3. (a) As used in this chapter, "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.

(b) The term does not apply to the following:

(1) A drug administered directly to a patient.

(2) A drug dispensed by a practitioner, if the quantity dispensed is not more than a seventy-two (72) hour supply of a controlled substance listed in schedule II, III, IV, or V as set forth in IC 35-48-3-9.

As added by P.L.51-2019, SEC.8.