39-17-407 - Criteria for Schedule II.
39-17-407. Criteria for Schedule II.
The commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, upon the agreement of the commissioner of health, shall place a substance in Schedule II upon finding that:
(1) The substance has high potential for abuse;
(2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, or currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions; and
(3) The abuse of the substance may lead to severe psychic or physical dependence.
[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.]