Minnesota Session Laws - 1989, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                        CHAPTER 230-S.F.No. 339 
           An act relating to health; including anabolic steroids 
          in the list of controlled substances; amending 
          Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 152.02, subdivision 5.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 152.02, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5. (a) The following items are listed in Schedule IV: 
Anabolic substances; Barbital; Chloral betaine; Chloral hydrate; 
Chlordiazepoxide; Clonazepam; Clorazepate; Diazepam; 
Diethylpropion; Ethchlorvynol; Ethinamate; Fenfluramine; 
Flurazepam; Mebutamate; Methohexital; Meprobamate except when in 
combination with the following drugs in the following or lower 
concentrations:  conjugated estrogens, 0.4 mg; tridihexethyl 
chloride, 25mg; pentaerythritol tetranitrate, 20 mg; 
Methylphenobarbital; Oxazepam; Paraldehyde; Pemoline; 
Petrichloral; Phenobarbital; and Phentermine.  
    (b) For purposes of this subdivision, "anabolic substances" 
means the naturally occurring androgens or derivatives of 
androstane (androsterone and testosterone); testosterone and its 
esters, including, but not limited to, testosterone propionate, 
and its derivatives, including, but not limited to, 
methyltestosterone and growth hormones, except that anabolic 
substances are not included if they are:  (1) expressly intended 
for administration through implants to cattle or other nonhuman 
species; and (2) approved by the United States Food and Drug 
Administration for that use. 
    Presented to the governor May 19, 1989 
    Signed by the governor May 22, 1989, 11:07 p.m.