Scheduling of Tramadol
North Dakota House Bill 1070 passed the North Dakota House
and Senate and was signed by Governor Jack Dalrymple. This billincluded revisions to Schedule I through V controlled substances
(CS) based on federal Drug Enforcement Administration scheduling
changes. This year, the bill included scheduling of multiple spiced
cannabinoids and substances marked as bath salts as Schedule I CS.
The other important revision within this bill is the addition
of tramadol and tramadol-containing products as Schedule IV
substances. An initial inventory should have been taken after the
date of scheduling, and the handling of prescriptions for tramadolcontaining
products should conform to the requirements set forward
in state law. As a reminder, North Dakota law does allow electronic
prescribing of CS outside of the stricter federal standards. Since
tramadol, at this time, is only a state CS, the electronic prescribing
of prescriptions for tramadol is not subject to federal regulations.
quoted from North Dakota Board of Pharmacy June 2013 Newsletter
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