Arizona Revised Statutes Title 36. Public Health and Safety § 36-2514. Substances in schedule III; rules; definition

A. The board shall adopt by rule the schedule III controlled substances listed in 21 Code of Federal Regulations §§ 1300.01 and 1308.13 and shall amend the rules, as necessary, to reflect any changes in the schedule III controlled substance designations.

B. If any person prescribes, dispenses or distributes an anabolic steroid for human use that has been approved by the United States food and drug administration for the express intent of administration through implants to cattle or other nonhuman species, the person shall be considered to have prescribed, dispensed or distributed an anabolic steroid within the meaning of this section.

C. The board may except by rule any compound, mixture or preparation containing any substance adopted by rule pursuant to this section from the application of all or any part of this chapter if the compound, mixture or preparation contains one or more active medicinal ingredients and if the admixtures are included therein in combinations, quantity, proportion or concentration that vitiates the potential for abuse.

D. For the purposes of this section, “anabolic steroid” means any drug or hormonal substance that is chemically or pharmacologically related to testosterone, other than estrogens, progestins, corticosteroids and dehydroepiandrosterone.