§90-113.72. Definitions

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1)        "Commission" means the Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services established under Part 4 of Article 3 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes.

(2)        "Controlled substance" means a controlled substance as defined in G.S. 90-87(5).

(3)        "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services.

(4)        "Dispenser" means a person who delivers a Schedule II through V controlled substance to an ultimate user in North Carolina, but does not include any of the following:

a.         A licensed hospital or long-term care pharmacy that dispenses such substances for the purpose of inpatient administration.

b.         Repealed by Session Laws 2013-152, s. 1, effective January 1, 2014, and applicable to prescriptions delivered on or after that date.

c.         A wholesale distributor of a Schedule II through V controlled substance.

d.         A person licensed to practice veterinary medicine pursuant to Article 11 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes.

(5)        "Ultimate user" means a person who has lawfully obtained, and who possesses, a Schedule II through V controlled substance for the person's own use, for the use of a member of the person's household, or for the use of an animal owned or controlled by the person or by a member of the person's household.

(2005-276, s. 10.36(a); 2013-152, s. 1.)