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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="5-405" title_number="5" title_name="Controlled Dangerous Substances, Prescriptions, and Other Substances" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Schedules">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Schedule IV consists of each controlled dangerous substance:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>added to Schedule IV by the Department under § 5–202(b) of this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>designated as a Schedule IV controlled dangerous substance by the federal government unless the Department objects under § 5–202(f) of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department may not add a substance to Schedule IV under § 5–202 of this title unless the Department finds that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the substance has a low potential for abuse relative to the substances listed in Schedule III;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the substance has currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>abuse of the substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence relative to the substances in Schedule III.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
