GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-385
SENATE BILL 571

AN ACT TO PLACE ON THE SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES LIST THE DRUG REMIFENTANIL AND SALTS THEREOF, IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 90-90(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Any of the following opiates, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, whenever the existence of such isomers, esters, ethers, and salts is possible within the specific chemical designation unless specifically exempted or listed in other schedules:
01.	Alfentanil.
1.	Alphaprodine.
2.	Anileridine.
3.	Bezitramide.
3a.	Carfentanil.
4.	Dihydrocodeine.
5.	Diphenoxylate.
6.	Fentanyl.
7.	Isomethadone.
7a.	Levo-alphacetylmethadol. Some trade or other names: levo-alpha-acetylmethadol, levomethadyl acetate, or LAAM.
8.	Levomethorphan.
9.	Levorphanol.
10.	Metazocine.
11.	Methadone.
12.	Methadone – Intermediate, 4-cyano-2-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl butane.
13.	Moramide – Intermediate, 2-methyl-3-morpholino-1, 1-diphenyl-propane-carboxylic acid.
14.	Pethidine.
15.	Pethidine – Intermediate – A, 4-cyano-1-methyl-4-phenylpipe ridine.
16.	Pethidine – Intermediate – B, ethyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-carboxylate.
17.	Pethidine – Intermediate – C, 1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4- carboxylic acid.
18.	Phenazocine.
19.	Piminodine.
20.	Racemethorphan.
21.	Racemorphan.
22.	Sufentanil.
23.	Remifentanil."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 31st day of July, 1997.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 8:32 p.m. this 11th day of August, 1997