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(3)  Chloral hydrate;

(4)  Ethchlorvynol;

(5)  Ethinamate;

(6)  Methohexital;

(7)  Meprobamate;

(8)  Methylphenobarbital;

(9)  Paraldehyde;

(10)  Petrichloral;

(11)  Phenobarbital;

b. The Department may except by rule any compound, mixture, or
preparation containing any depressant substance listed in subsection
(a) from the application of all or any part of this Act if the com-
pound, mixture, or preparation contains one or more active medicinal
ingredients not having a depressant effect on the central nervous
system, and if the admixtures are included therein in combinations,
quantity, proportion, or concentration that vitiate the potential for
abuse of the substances which have a depressant effect on the central
nervous system.

[(d)] (e) Schedule [IV] V—In determining that a substance
comes within this schedule, the Department shall find:

1.    A low potential for abuse relative to the substances listed in
Schedule [III] IV; and

2.    Currently accepted medical use. in the United States; and

3.    Limited physical dependence and/or psychological dependence
liability relative to the substances listed in Schedule [III] IV.

The following are controlled dangerous substances and are in-
cluded in this schedule.

a. Any compound, mixture, or preparation containing limited
quantities of any of the following narcotic drugs or any salts thereof,
which [shall include] also contains one or more non-narcotic active
medicinal ingredients in sufficient proportion to confer upon the
compound, mixture, or preparation, valuable medicinal qualities other
than those possessed by the narcotic drug alone:

1.    Not more than 200 milligrams of codeine per 100 milliliters
or per 100 grams;

2.    Not more than 100 milligrams of dihydrocodeine per 100 milli-
liters or per 100 grams;

3.    Not more than 50 milligrams of ethylmorphine per 100 milli-
liters or per 100 grams;

4.    Not more than 2.6 milligrams of diphenoxylate and not less
than 25 micrograms of atropine sulfate per dosage unit. (1970,
ch. 403.)

281.

(a) Every person who manufactures, distributes, or dispenses any
controlled dangerous substance within the State or who proposes to
engage in the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of any con-
trolled dangerous substance within the State, shall obtain annually
a registration issued by the Department in accordance with the rules
and regulation promulgated by the Department. Persons registered