1962 Drug, Device and Cosmetic Board meeting

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Drug, Device and Cosmetic Board Meeting

[29 Pa.B. 5957]

   A meeting of the Department of Health's Drug, Device and Cosmetic Board (Board) has been scheduled for Thursday, December 9, 1999. The Board meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 132 Kline Plaza, Suite A, Harrisburg, PA. The purpose of the meeting is for the Board to review a petition presented by Roxane Laboratories, Inc. requesting that the substance synthetic dronabinal (Marinol ®; (-) - delta 9 - trans) - Tetrahydrocannabinol be rescheduled as a Schedule III controlled substance under the Controlled Substance Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act and regulations. A Schedule III controlled substance is a substance with a potential for abuse less than the substances listed in Schedule I and II with well documented and currently accepted medical use in the United States and abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.

   For additional information, contact John Hair, Director, Bureau of Community Program Licensure and Certification at [phone].

   Persons with a disability who desire to attend the meeting, and require an auxiliary aid service or other accommodation to do so, should also contact John Hair at [phone], V/TT [phone] for speech and/or hearing impaired persons or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Services at [phone] [TT].

   This meeting is subject to cancellation without notice.

ROBERT S. ZIMMERMAN, Jr.,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-1962. Filed for public inspection November 19, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]