Statutes > Iowa Statutes > Title 4 - Public Health > Subtitle 1 - Alcoholic Beverages and Controlled Substances > CHAPTER 124 - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES > 124.207 - SUBSTANCES LISTED IN SCHEDULE III -- CRITERIA.

124.207 - SUBSTANCES LISTED IN SCHEDULE III -- CRITERIA.

        124.207  SUBSTANCES LISTED IN SCHEDULE III --
      CRITERIA.
         1.  The board shall recommend to the general assembly that the
      general assembly place a substance in schedule III if the substance
      is not already included therein and the board finds that:
         a.  The substance has a potential for abuse which is less than
      that of the substances listed in schedules I and II;
         b.  The substance has currently accepted medical use in
      treatment in the United States; and
         c.  Abuse of the substance may lead to moderate or low
      physical dependence or high psychological dependence.
         2.  If the board finds that any substance included in schedule III
      does not meet these criteria, the board shall recommend that the
      general assembly place the substance in a different schedule or
      remove the substance from the list of controlled substances, as
      appropriate.
         Section History: Early Form
         [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 204.207]
         Section History: Recent Form
         C93, § 124.207
         2009 Acts, ch 41, §36