Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-407 (2026)

Registration required; exceptions

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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every person who manufactures, prescribes, distributes, administers, or dispenses any controlled substance within this state or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, prescribing, administering, distribution, or dispensing of any controlled substance within this state shall obtain a registration issued by the department, except that on and after January 1, 2000, health care providers credentialed by the department and facilities licensed by the department shall not be required to obtain a separate Nebraska controlled substances registration upon providing proof of a Federal Controlled Substances Registration to the department. Federal Controlled Substances Registration numbers obtained under this section shall not be public information but may be shared by the department for investigative and regulatory purposes if necessary and only under appropriate circumstances to ensure against any unauthorized access to such information.

(2) The following persons shall not be required to register and may lawfully possess controlled substances under the provisions of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act:

(a) An agent, or an employee thereof, of any practitioner, registered manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser of any controlled substance if such agent is acting in the usual course of his or her business or employment;

(b) A common or contract carrier or warehouse keeper, or an employee thereof, whose possession of any controlled substance is in the usual course of his or her business or employment; and

(c) An ultimate user or a person in possession of any controlled substance pursuant to a medical order issued by a practitioner authorized to prescribe.

(3) A separate registration shall be required at each principal place of business of professional practice where the applicant manufactures, distributes, or dispenses controlled substances, except that no registration shall be required in connection with the placement of an emergency box within a long-term care facility pursuant to the provisions of the Emergency Box Drug Act.

(4) The department is authorized to inspect the establishment of a registrant or applicant for registration in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1942–1986 · leading case: State v. Country, 234 N.W.2d 593 (Neb. 1975).
State v. Country, 234 N.W.2d 593 (Neb. 1975). · cites it 6× “23 repealed sections 28-407, R.R.S. 1943, and 28-408, R.”
State v. Trowbridge, 234 N.W.2d 598 (Neb. 1975). · cites it 4× “" Section 28-407, R.R.S.1943, which punished carnal knowledge of a daughter or sister, and section 28-408, R.”
State v. Willis, 394 N.W.2d 648 (Neb. 1986). · cites it 2× “The *848 Nebraska Legislature repealed Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 28-407 (Reissue 1964) and 28-408 in 1975 when it adopted the first degree sexual assault statute.”
Toth v. State, 3 N.W.2d 899 (Neb. 1942). · cites it 2× “The defendant submits that the state’s evidence “tended to show that the alleged act * * * was done forcibly and against the will” of the daughter and that it was evident that the defendant might have been guilty of a violation of section 28-407, Comp. St. 1929, providing that…”
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