A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the registration requirements and fees to engage in certain activities with controlled substances.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 5 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 90-102.1.  Registration of certain persons requiring limited use of controlled substances for training purposes in certain businesses.
(a)	A person who applies to register to use controlled substances included in Schedules I through VI for the purposes of training and maintaining the training of detector dogs shall apply as a researcher under G.S. 90-101 but shall pay a fee of one hundred sixty dollars ($160.00).
 (b)	Unless required by federal law, the Department of Health and Human Services shall not require as a condition of registration that a person applying under this section have a nexus or association with a law enforcement group or authority before issuing a registration. Unless required by federal law, the Department shall not require as a condition of registration that a person report dog alerts or finds of controlled substances to a law enforcement agency.SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.