Florida Senate - 2018                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 694
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Brandes moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 27 and 28
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section
    6  893.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         893.03 Standards and schedules.—The substances enumerated
    8  in this section are controlled by this chapter. The controlled
    9  substances listed or to be listed in Schedules I, II, III, IV,
   10  and V are included by whatever official, common, usual,
   11  chemical, trade name, or class designated. The provisions of
   12  this section shall not be construed to include within any of the
   13  schedules contained in this section any excluded drugs listed
   14  within the purview of 21 C.F.R. s. 1308.22, styled “Excluded
   15  Substances”; 21 C.F.R. s. 1308.24, styled “Exempt Chemical
   16  Preparations”; 21 C.F.R. s. 1308.32, styled “Exempted
   17  Prescription Products”; or 21 C.F.R. s. 1308.34, styled “Exempt
   18  Anabolic Steroid Products.”
   19         (3) SCHEDULE III.—A substance in Schedule III has a
   20  potential for abuse less than the substances contained in
   21  Schedules I and II and has a currently accepted medical use in
   22  treatment in the United States, and abuse of the substance may
   23  lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high
   24  psychological dependence or, in the case of anabolic steroids,
   25  may lead to physical damage. The following substances are
   26  controlled in Schedule III:
   27         (c) Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in
   28  another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or
   29  preparation containing limited quantities of any of the
   30  following controlled substances or any salts thereof:
   31         1. Not more than 1.8 grams of codeine per 100 milliliters
   32  or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage unit, with an equal or
   33  greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of opium.
   34         2. Not more than 1.8 grams of codeine per 100 milliliters
   35  or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage unit, with recognized
   36  therapeutic amounts of one or more active ingredients which are
   37  not controlled substances.
   38         3. Not more than 300 milligrams of hydrocodone per 100
   39  milliliters or not more than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with
   40  a fourfold or greater quantity of an isoquinoline alkaloid of
   41  opium.
   42         4. Not more than 300 milligrams of hydrocodone per 100
   43  milliliters or not more than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with
   44  recognized therapeutic amounts of one or more active ingredients
   45  that are not controlled substances.
   46         5. Not more than 1.8 grams of dihydrocodeine per 100
   47  milliliters or not more than 90 milligrams per dosage unit, with
   48  recognized therapeutic amounts of one or more active ingredients
   49  which are not controlled substances.
   50         6. Not more than 300 milligrams of ethylmorphine per 100
   51  milliliters or not more than 15 milligrams per dosage unit, with
   52  one or more active, nonnarcotic ingredients in recognized
   53  therapeutic amounts.
   54         7. Not more than 50 milligrams of morphine per 100
   55  milliliters or per 100 grams, with recognized therapeutic
   56  amounts of one or more active ingredients which are not
   57  controlled substances.
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   59  For purposes of charging a person with a violation of s. 893.135
   60  involving any controlled substance described in subparagraph 3.
   61  or subparagraph 4., the controlled substance is a Schedule III
   62  controlled substance pursuant to this paragraph but the weight
   63  of the controlled substance per milliliters or per dosage unit
   64  is not relevant to the charging of a violation of s. 893.135.
   65  The weight of the controlled substance shall be determined
   66  pursuant to s. 893.135(7) s. 893.135(6).
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   69  And the title is amended as follows:
   70         Delete line 7
   71  and insert:
   72         the record; amending s. 893.03, F.S.; conforming a
   73         cross-reference; providing an effective date.