39-17-413 - Criteria for Schedule V.
39-17-413. Criteria for Schedule V.
The commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities, upon the agreement of the commissioner of health, shall place a substance in Schedule V upon finding that:
(1) The substance has low potential for abuse relative to the controlled substances listed in Schedule IV;
(2) The substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and
(3) The substance has limited physical dependence or psychological dependence liability relative to the controlled substances listed in Schedule IV.
[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.]