Registration Requirements

(a)A person who manufactures, distributes or dispenses a controlled substance within Guam or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution or dispensing of a controlled substance within Guam, shall obtain annually a registration issued by DPHSS in accordance with rules adopted by DPHSS.

(b)A person registered by DPHSS under this Act to manufacture, distribute, dispense or conduct research with controlled substances may possess, manufacture, distribute, dispense or conduct research with controlled substances to the extent authorized by the registration and in conformity with this Article.

(c)The following persons need not register and may lawfully possess controlled substances under this Act:

(1)an agent or employee of a registered manufacturer, distributor or dispenser of a controlled substance if the agent or employee is acting in the usual course of business or employment;

(2)a common or contract carrier or warehouseman, or an employee thereof, whose possession of any controlled substance is in the usual course of business or employment; and

(3)an ultimate user or a person in possession of a controlled substance pursuant to a lawful order of a practitioner or in lawful possession of a substance included in Schedule V. CH. 67 GUAM UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT

(d)DPHSS, by rule, may waive the requirement for registration of certain manufacturers, distributors or dispensers upon finding it consistent with the public health and safety.

(e)A separate registration is required for each principal place of business or professional practice where the applicant manufactures, distributes or dispenses controlled substances.

(f)DPHSS may inspect the establishment of a registrant or applicant for registration in accordance with rules adopted by DPHSS.

(g)A government operated or government contracted animal shelter recognized by the Department of Agriculture is authorized to purchase, possess, and administer sodium pentobarbital and Xylazine for the purpose of humane euthanasia of animals provided that a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration controlled substance permit is also secured. The possession and administering of sodium pentobarbital and Xylazine for euthanasia pursuant to Subsections

(g)and

(h)of this Section is restricted solely to the premises of a government operated or government contracted animal shelter recognized by the Department of Public Health and Social Services.

(h)Agents of a government operated or government contracted animal shelter recognized by the Department of Public Health and Social Services shall possess a current animal euthanasia technician license issued by the Guam Board of Allied Health Examiners to administer sodium pentobarbital and Xylazine for the euthanasia of animals. The requirements for the issuance of an animal euthanasia technician license shall be determined and developed by the Guam Board of Allied Health Examiners.