Criteria for classification under Schedule IV
Known as the Kentucky Controlled Substances Act
The act spans §§ 218–218 (124 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Commonwealth v. Grubb (1993)
Most recently applied in Commonwealth v. Hamilton (October 2013)
Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall place a substance in Schedule IV if it finds that:
(1) The substance has a low potential for abuse relative to substances in Schedule III;
(2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and (3) Abuse of the substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the substances in Schedule III.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.