Wash. Admin. Code § 246-945-055

Current through Register Vol. 24-23, December 1, 2024
Section 246-945-055 - Schedule IV

The commission finds that the following substances have a low potential for abuse relative to substances in Schedule III under RCW 69.50.208 and WAC 246-945-054, and have currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States and that the abuse of the substances may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the substances in Schedule III. In addition to substances listed in RCW 69.50.210, the commission places each of the following drugs and substances by whatever official name, common or usual name, chemical name, or brand name in Schedule IV.

(1) Narcotic drugs. Unless specifically exempted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any of the following narcotic drugs, or their salts calculated as the free anhydrous base or alkaloid, in limited quantities as set in this subsection: 2-[(dimethylamino)methyl]-1-(3-methoxyphen-yl) cyclohexanol, its salts, optical and geometric isomers, and salts of these isomers (including tramadol).
(2) Depressants. Unless specifically exempted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances, including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:
(a) Alfaxalone;
(b) Fospropofol;
(c) Suvorexant.
(3) Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of Lorcaserin, including its salts, isomers, and salts of such isomers, wherever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible.
(4) Stimulants. Unless specifically exempted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances having a stimulant effect on the central nervous system, including its salts, isomers (whether optical, position, or geometric), and salts of such isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation:
(a) Cathine ((+) - norpseudoephedrine);
(b) SPA ((-)-1-dimethylamino-1,2-diphenylethane).
(5) Other substances. Unless specifically exempted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following substances, including its salts: Eluxadoline (5[[[ (2S)-2-amino-3-[4-aminocarbonyl)-2,6-dimethylphenyl]-1-oxopropyl][(1S) -1-(4-phenyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)ethyl]amino]methyl]-2-methoxybenzoic acid) (including its optical isomers) and its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers.
(6) The commission, under RCW 69.50.201, may delete substances designated as a Schedule IV controlled substance and list them in WAC 246-945-05001.

Wash. Admin. Code § 246-945-055

Adopted by WSR 20-12-072, Filed 6/1/2020, effective 7/1/2020, and 3/1/2021
Amended by WSR 24-15-076, Filed 7/18/2024, effective 8/18/2024

Reviser's note: The brackets and enclosed material in the text of the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.