39-17-405 - Criteria for Schedule I.

39-17-405. Criteria for Schedule I.

The commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, upon the agreement of the commissioner of health, shall place a substance in Schedule I upon finding that the substance has:

     (1)  High potential for abuse; and

     (2)  No accepted medical use in treatment in the United States or lacks accepted safety for use in treatment under medical supervision.

[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.]