part_subject: "ORDERS FOR SCHEDULE I AND II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "DEA Form 222"
section_number: "1305.15"
section_subject: "Unaccepted and defective DEA Forms 222."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 1305.15"
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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(a)A DEA Form 222 must not be filled if either of the following apply:
(1)The order is not complete, legible, or properly prepared, executed, or endorsed.
(2)The order shows any alteration, erasure, or change of any description.
(b)If a DEA Form 222 cannot be filled for any reason under this section, the supplier must return Copies 1 and 2 to the purchaser with a statement as to the reason (e.g., illegible or altered).
(c)A supplier may for any reason refuse to accept any order and if a supplier refuses to accept the order, a statement that the order is not accepted is sufficient for purposes of this paragraph.
(d)When a purchaser receives an unaccepted order, Copies 1 and 2 of the DEA Form 222 and the statement must be attached to Copy 3 and retained in the files of the purchaser in accordance with § 1305.17. A defective DEA Form 222 may not be corrected; it must be replaced by a new DEA Form 222 for the order to be filled.