Sec. 5. Moratorium on methadone hydrochloride tablets
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the date described in subsection (b), no individual or entity may prescribe or otherwise dispense a 40-mg diskette of methadone unless such prescription or dispensation is consistent with the methadone 40-mg diskette policy of the Drug Enforcement Administration as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, except that such prohibition shall extend to hospitals unless such hospitals provide for direct patient supervision with respect to such methadone. The moratorium under subsection
(a)shall cease to have force and effect— on the date that the Controlled Substances Clinical Standards Commission publishes in the Federal Register dosing guidelines for all forms of methadone, in accordance with section 506D(b)(1)(A) of the Public Health Service Act (as added by section 7); and if, as part of such dosing guidelines, such Commission finds that 40-mg diskettes of methadone are safe and clinically appropriate.