part_subject: "ORDERS FOR SCHEDULE I AND II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES"
subpart_code: "A"
subpart_subject: "General Requirements"
section_number: "1305.03"
section_subject: "Distributions requiring a Form 222 or a digitally signed electronic order."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 1305.03"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Part 1300 to End"
revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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Either a DEA Form 222 or its electronic equivalent as set forth in subpart C of this part and Part 1311 of this chapter is required for each distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance except for the following:
(a)Distributions to persons exempted from registration under Part 1301 of this chapter.
(b)Exports from the United States that conform with the requirements of the Act.
(c)Deliveries to a registered analytical laboratory or its agent approved by DEA.
(d)Delivery from a central fill pharmacy, as defined in § 1300.01 of this chapter, to a retail pharmacy.
(e)Deliveries to an authorized DEA registrant by an ultimate user, a long-term care facility on behalf of an ultimate user who resides or has resided at that facility, or a person authorized to dispose of the ultimate user decedent's property.
(f)Distributions to reverse distributors and distributors by collectors and law enforcement pursuant to § 1317.55 of this chapter.
(g)Deliveries of controlled substances from ultimate users for the purpose of recalls pursuant to § 1317.85 of this chapter.