1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Patient Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatments Act of 2018 . 2. Delivery of a controlled substance by a pharmacy to be administered by injection, implantation, or intrathecal pump (a) In general The Controlled Substances Act is amended by inserting after section 309 ( 21 U.S.C. 829 ) the following: 309A. Delivery of a controlled substance by a pharmacy to an administering practitioner (a) In general Notwithstanding section 102(10), a pharmacy may deliver (pursuant to a registration under subsection (f) or (g) of section 303, as applicable) a controlled substance to a practitioner in accordance with a prescription that meets the requirements of this title and the regulations issued by the Attorney General under this title, for the purpose of administering of the controlled substance by the practitioner if— (1) the controlled substance is delivered by the pharmacy to the prescribing practitioner or the practitioner administering the controlled substance, as applicable, at the location listed on the practitioner’s certificate of registration issued under this title; (2) (A) in the case of administering of the controlled substance for the purpose of maintenance or detoxification treatment under section 303(g)(2)— (i) the practitioner who issued the prescription is a qualifying practitioner authorized under, and acting within the scope of, that section; and (ii) the controlled substance is to be administered by injection or implantation; or (B) in the case of administering of the controlled substance for a purpose other than maintenance or detoxification treatment, the controlled substance is to be administered by a practitioner through use of an intrathecal pump; (3) the pharmacy and the practitioner are authorized to conduct the activities specified in this section under the law of the State in which such activities take place