1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to health; exempting certain prescriptions 
  1.3             from bearing a federal drug enforcement administration 
  1.4             registration number; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.5             section 152.11, by adding a subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 152.11, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 2a.  [FEDERAL REGISTRATION NUMBER EXEMPTION.] A 
  1.10  prescription need not bear a federal drug enforcement 
  1.11  administration registration number that authorizes the 
  1.12  prescriber to prescribe controlled substances if the drug 
  1.13  prescribed is not a controlled substance in schedule II, III, 
  1.14  IV, or V.  No person shall impose a requirement inconsistent 
  1.15  with this subdivision.