Will copies of narcotic orders furnished to the Arkansas Department of Health by the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency comply with the requirements of 20-64- 205 ? ANSWER: If DEA submits all orders directly to Health Dept. then there is compliance. Narcotic drugs.

STATE OF ARKANSAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL JUSTICE BUILDING, LITTLE ROCK 72201 STEVE CLARK ‘ (501) 371-2007 ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION NO. 86-43 February 25, 1986 Ben N. Saltzman, M.D., Director Arkansas Department of Health 4815 West Markham Street Little Rock, AR 72201 Dear Dr. Saltzman: This is in response to your letter wherein you requested an opinion concerning the following question: Will copies of narcotic orders furnished to the Arkansas Department of Health by the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency comply with the requirements of Ark. Stat. Ann. §82-1005? Ark. Stat. Ann. §82-1005 requires that the Department of Heaith maintain a copy of orders for certain narcotic drugs. Since the statute was originally enacted the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency has established requirements that all narcotic orders be submitted to that agency by all licensed narcotic drug handlers. It would therefore appear that if copies of the orders obtained by the D.E.A. were sent directly to the Department of Health the arrangement would suffice for purposes of the Department's meeting the require- ments set forth in the statute. ; The foregoing opinion which ft hereby approve was prepared by Special Assistant Attorney General George A. Harper. CORA STEY. LARK Attorhey General Sincerely, JSC:GAH:4k