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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 444 By: Rader
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to controlled dangerous substances;
7 amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 2-315, which relates
8 to submission of out-of-date controlled dangerous
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9 of certain provisions; modifying terminology;
9 removing certain limitations on disposal of
10 controlled dangerous substances; requiring compliance
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11 submit own drugs for disposal under certain
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12 prescribed drugs under certain conditions;
12 authorizing qualified hospice program to dispose of
13 decedent's prescribed drugs under certain conditions;
13 requiring completion, witness, and submission of
14 certain form; defining terms; and providing an
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17 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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18 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 2-315, is
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19 amended to read as follows:
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20 Section 2-315. A. Except as otherwise provided by law, any
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21 person required to obtain an annual registration pursuant to Section
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22 2-302 of this title, or any group home, or residential care home as
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23 defined by Section 1-820 of this title shall submit for destruction
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24 dispose of, in accordance with 21 C.F.R., Part 1317, all controlled
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1 dangerous substances which are out of date, which are unwanted,
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2 unused or which are abandoned by their owner at their facility due
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3 to death or other circumstances.
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4 B. All controlled dangerous substances described in subsection
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5 A of this section shall be submitted to the Oklahoma City laboratory
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6 of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, along with all
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7 required information on forms provided by the Oklahoma State Bureau
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8 of Investigation, to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, to
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9 a duly registered reverse distributor, to the original registered
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10 supplier or their registered agent, to a duly registered retail
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11 pharmacy, or to a hospital or clinic with an on-site pharmacy
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12 pursuant to the rules set forth in Part 1317 of Title 21 of the Code
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13 of Federal Regulations. When any such substance is transported by
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14 private contract or common carrier or United States Postal Service
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15 for the purpose of destruction or disposal, the sender shall require
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16 a receipt from such private contract or common carrier or United
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17 States Postal Service, and such receipt shall be retained as a
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18 permanent record by the sender.
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19 C. 1. Controlled dangerous substances submitted to the
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20 Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation pursuant to the provisions of
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21 this section shall be destroyed pursuant to the procedures provided
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22 in subsection A of Section 2-508 of this title.
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23 2. Controlled dangerous substances submitted to any
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24 distributors, reverse distributors or their original registered
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1 suppliers pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be
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2 destroyed by incineration so as to make the substance absolutely
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3 unusable for human purposes in accordance with 21 C.F.R., Part 1317.
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4 An official record listing the property destroyed, the location of
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5 destruction and disposal, and the name and title of the person
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6 supervising the destruction and disposal shall be submitted to the
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7 Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control and
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8 the federal Drug Enforcement Administration office located nearest
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9 the destruction site.
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10 D. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is hereby
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11 authorized to perform on-site incineration of all controlled
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12 dangerous substances which are obtained in the discharge of the
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13 official duties of the Chief Medical Examiner. Any record relating
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14 to destruction of a controlled dangerous substance shall be
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15 maintained as required by the state or federal government and shall
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16 be available for inspection by appropriate state or federal
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17 government regulatory agencies.
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18 E. 1. An ultimate user who has lawfully obtained a controlled
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19 dangerous substance in accordance with state and federal law may,
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20 without being registered under Section 2-302 of this title, deliver
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21 the controlled dangerous substance to an authorized person for the
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22 purpose of disposal of the controlled dangerous substance under the
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23 conditions provided by 21 U.S.C., Section 822(g)(1).
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1 2. If a person dies while lawfully in possession of a
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2 controlled dangerous substance for personal use, any person lawfully
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3 entitled to dispose of the decedent's property may deliver the
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4 controlled dangerous substance to another person for the purpose of
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5 disposal under the conditions provided by 21 U.S.C., Section
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6 822(g)(4).
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7 3. a. In the case of a decedent who was receiving hospice
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8 care at the time of death, an employee of a qualified
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9 hospice program, acting within the scope of his or her
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10 employment, may handle, without being registered under
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11 Section 2-302 of this title, any controlled dangerous
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12 substance that was lawfully dispensed to the decedent
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13 prior to death, under the conditions provided by 21
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14 U.S.C., Section 822(g)(5). Such employee shall, under
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15 penalty of perjury, complete, sign, and submit to the
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16 Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
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17 Control a form to be prescribed by the Bureau. The
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18 form shall also be signed by a witness who is either a
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19 second employee of the qualified hospice program or a
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20 family member of the decedent.
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21 b. As used in this paragraph:
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22 (1) "employee of a qualified hospice program" has the
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1 (2) "qualified hospice program" means a qualified
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2 hospice program as defined in 21 U.S.C., Section
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3 822(g)(5)(B) that is licensed under the Oklahoma
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4 Hospice Licensing Act and registered under
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5 Section 2-302 of this title.
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6 F. This section shall constitute a part of the Uniform
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7 Controlled Dangerous Substances Act.
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8 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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