39-17-409 - Criteria for Schedule III.
39-17-409. Criteria for Schedule III.
The commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, upon the agreement of the commissioner of health, shall place a substance in Schedule III upon finding that:
(1) The substance has a potential for abuse less than the substances listed in Schedules I and II;
(2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and
(3) Abuse of the substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.
[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.]