Arizona would match federal schedules for FDA-approved medications

Arizona assigns an FDA-approved medication the same controlled-substance schedule that the federal government assigns it. This covers any compound, mixture, or preparation approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and scheduled or rescheduled by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The Arizona State Board of Pharmacy does not need to take further action for the matching schedule to apply. The supplied text does not state when this section takes effect.

Arizona allows an FDA-approved medication to be prescribed when federal officials place or move it into a schedule other than Schedule I. This covers compounds, mixtures, or preparations approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and scheduled or rescheduled by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The medication must not be in Schedule I under the federal Controlled Substances Act. Other rules in the chapter may still apply unless this section says otherwise. The supplied text does not state when this prescribing provision takes effect.