Section 22-B1099. DEFINITIONS

 

1099.1When used in this chapter, the following words or phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:

 

Act - District of Columbia Uniform Controlled Substances Act of 1981, effective August 5, 1981, (D. C. Law 4-29; D.C. Official Code § 48-901)(2001).

 

Compounder - any person engaging in maintenance or detoxification treatment who also mixes, prepares, packages or changes the dosage form of a narcotic drug listed in Schedules II, III, IV or V for use in maintenance or detoxification treatment by another narcotic treatment program.

 

Controlled Premises - (1) places where original or other records or documents required under the Act are kept or request to be kept, and (2) places, establishments, etc., where persons registered under this Act or exempted from registration under the Act may lawfully hold, manufacture, distribute, dispense, conduct research with, or otherwise dispose of controlled substances.

 

Department - Department of Health

 

Detoxification Treatment - the dispensing for a period not in excess of twenty-one (21) days, of a narcotic drug or narcotic drugs in decreasing doses to an individual in order to alleviate adverse physiological or psychological effects incident to withdrawal from the continuous or sustained use of a narcotic drug and as a method of bringing the individual to a narcotic drug-free state within such period of time.

 

Director - Director of the Department

 

Federal Act - means the Controlled Substance Act (84 Stat. 1242; 21 U.S.C. 801) or the Controlled Substance Import and Export Act (84 Stat. 1285; 21 U.S.C. 951).

 

Hearing Officer - either the Director or any person appointed by the Director.

 

Inspector - an employee of the Department authorized by the Director to mae inspections under the Act.

 

Maintenance Treatment - the dispensing for a period in excess of twenty-one (21) days, of a narcotic drug or narcotic drugs in the treatment of an individual for dependence upon heroin or other morphine-like drug.

 

Narcotic Treatment Program - a program for maintenance or detoxification treatment with narcotic drugs.

 

Practitioner - an individual licensed, registered, certified, or otherwise permitted by law to prescribe, dispense, and to administer drugs or medical devices, or to conduct research with respect thereto, within the course of such persons' professional practice or research.

 

Register and Registration - refers only to registration required and permitted by §302 of the Act.

 

Registrant - any person who is registered pursuant to §302 of the Act.

 

1099.2The definitions contained in Title I, §102 of the Act, shall have the same meaning in this chapter.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 1046 (February 21, 1986); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 12298 (December 21, 2007).