Sec. 4. Community health aides and community health practitioners
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Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802 ) is amended— in paragraph (54)(A), by striking clause
(i)and inserting the following: while the patient is— being treated by, and physically located in, a hospital or clinic registered under section 303(f); or for purposes of section 302(h), being treated by a community health aide or community health practitioner; and ; by redesignating paragraph
(58)as paragraph (59); by redesignating the second paragraph designated as paragraph
(57)as paragraph (58); by moving paragraphs (57),
(58)(as so redesignated), and
(59)(as so redesignated) 2 ems to the left; and by adding at the end the following: The terms community health aide and community health practitioner have the meanings within the meaning of section 119 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1616l ). . Section 302 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 822 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), a community health aide or community health practitioner may dispense a narcotic drug in schedule III, IV, or V, such as buprenorphine, or a combination of such drugs, to an individual for maintenance treatment or detoxification treatment (or both) without being registered under this title if the drug is prescribed by a practitioner through the practice of telemedicine. Notwithstanding section 708, a State may not require a community health aide or community health practitioner to be licensed by the State in order to dispense narcotic drugs in accordance with paragraph
(1)of this subsection. .
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