Every person who manufactures or distributes any controlled substance within this state or who proposes to engage in the manufacture or distribution of any controlled substance within this state, must obtain biennially a registration issued by the board in accordance with the board's rules. see full law

Every person who dispenses or proposes to dispense any controlled substance within Indiana must have a registration issued by the board in accordance with the board's rules. A registration issued to a dispenser under this subsection expires whenever the dispenser's license as a practitioner expires. The board shall renew a dispenser's registration under this subsection concurrently with any state license authorizing the dispenser to act as a practitioner. see full law

Every person who manufactures, distributes, or dispenses any controlled substance or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of any controlled substance shall obtain annually a registration unless exempted by law or pursuant to sections 3.14–3.17 [856 IAC 2-3-5 – 856 IAC 2-3-8] of this chapter. Only persons actually engaged in such activities are required to obtain registration; related or affiliated persons who are not engaged in such activities are not required to be registered. (For example, a stockholder or parent corporation of a corporation manufacturing controlled substances is not required to obtain a registration).As soon after the effective date of these rules as is practicable, the Board [of Pharmacy] shall issue a provisional certificate to all persons when in possession of a valid State of Indiana or Federal certificate of registration authorizing such persons to manufacture, distribute, dispense, prescribe or possess controlled substances. The provisional certificates shall be valid until the Board shall declare that applications for annual renewals shall begin and until such applications have been acted upon by the Board. During the first renewal period, when it is instituted, applications shall be required from all prospective registrants in alphabetically ordered increments according to a schedule to be adopted by the Board. see full law