Controlled Substances Act

Delaware · Health and Safety · §§ 16-4701 to 16-4799D · 84 sections

Overview

This act establishes a comprehensive framework for regulating controlled substances, organizing them into schedules based on their potential for abuse and accepted medical uses, and setting out how those schedules are created, modified, and published. It governs who may lawfully manufacture, distribute, prescribe, dispense, or administer these substances, imposing registration, recordkeeping, reporting, and confidentiality requirements, and conditioning prescribing on a legitimate medical purpose. It also creates a prescription-monitoring system administered by state regulatory agencies, extends recordkeeping duties to chemical precursors and laboratory apparatus, and provides administrative penalties and criminal offenses for violations.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

Sections covered

Del. Code tit. 16, § 4701Definitions
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4711Administration
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4712Nomenclature
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4713Schedule I tests
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4714Schedule I
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4715Schedule II tests
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4716Schedule II
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4717Schedule III tests
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4718Schedule III
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4719Schedule IV tests
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4720Schedule IV
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4721Schedule V tests
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4722Schedule V
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4723Republishing of schedules [Repealed]
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4731Rules; fees; Controlled Substance Advisory Committee
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4732Registration requirements; exemptions; inspections
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4733Registration; rights of registrants
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4734Denial, revocation and suspension of registration; order to show cause proceedings before the Secretary
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4735Investigations; written complaints; grounds for limitation, suspension or revocation of registration
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4736Hearings before the Secretary; subpoenas; judicial review
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4737Temporary suspension
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4738Records of registrants; order forms
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4739Prescriptions [For application of the section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 409, § 3]
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4739APractitioners
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4740Sale of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4740ASale of dextromethorphan
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4740BUse, distribution and education concerning benzodiazepine and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4750State-legal marijuana activities
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4751Prohibited acts A; penalties [Repealed]
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4751AAggravating factors related to drug offenses
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4751BPrior qualifying Title 16 convictions [Repealed]
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4751CQuantity tiers related to drug offenses
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4751DKnowledge of weight or quantity not an element of the offense; proof of weight or quantity
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4752Drug dealing or possession; class B felony
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4752AUnlawful delivery of noncontrolled substance [Repealed]
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4752BDrug dealing — Resulting in death; class B felony
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4753Drug dealing or possession; class C or E felony
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4753ATrafficking in marijuana, cocaine, illegal drugs, methamphetamines, Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (L.S.D.), designer drugs, or 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) [Repealed]
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4754Drug dealing; class D felony
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4754APossession and delivery of non-controlled prescription drug [Repealed]
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4755Aggravated possession; class E felony [Repealed]
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4756Drug possession; class G felony
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4757Miscellaneous drug crimes; class C or F felony
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4758Unlawful dealing in a counterfeit or purported controlled substance; class E felony
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4759Registrant crimes
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4760Maintaining a drug property; class F felony
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4760AOperating or attempting to operate clandestine laboratories; cleanup; penalties
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4761Illegal possession and delivery of noncontrolled prescription drugs
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4761ATianeptine; possession
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4762Hypodermic syringe or needle; delivering or possessing; disposal; exceptions
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4763Possession of controlled substances or counterfeit controlled substances; class B misdemeanor
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4764Possession of marijuana; class B misdemeanor, unclassified misdemeanor, or civil violation [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 38, § 6]
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4764ALegal marijuana-related activity
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4765Penalties under other laws are additional
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4766Conviction of lesser offense [Repealed]
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4767First offenders controlled substances diversion program
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4768Medical or psychiatric examination or treatment
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4769Criminal immunity for persons who suffer or report an alcohol or drug overdose or other life threatening medical emergency
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4770Unlawful possession, distribution, delivery, or sale of drug masking products; class B misdemeanor or class E felony
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4771Drug paraphernalia [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 38, § 6]
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4772Consideration of factors
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4773Exemptions
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4774Penalties [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 38, § 6]
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4775Consideration of factors
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4781Powers of enforcement personnel
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4782Administrative inspections and warrants
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4783Cooperative arrangements and confidentiality
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4784Forfeitures
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4785Burden of proof; liabilities; attorneys’ fees
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4786Judicial review
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4787Education and research
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4788Public reporting
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4791Pending proceedings
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4792Continuation of rules
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4793Uniformity of interpretation
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4794Short title
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4795Jurisdiction [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 38, § 6]
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4796Authority of the Attorney General
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4797Statewide authorized tamper resistant prescription forms
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4798The Delaware Prescription Monitoring Program [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 19, § 3]
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4799ADefinitions
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4799BOrganization and composition
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4799CPowers and duties
Del. Code tit. 16, § 4799DConfidentiality of records and immunity from suit

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