part_subject: "ORDERS FOR SCHEDULE I AND II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES"
subpart_code: "C"
subpart_subject: "Electronic Orders"
section_number: "1305.25"
section_subject: "Unaccepted and defective electronic orders."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 1305.25"
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"
(1)The required data fields have not been completed.
(2)The order is not signed using a digital certificate issued by DEA.
(3)The digital certificate used had expired or had been revoked prior to signature.
(4)The purchaser's public key will not validate the digital signature.
(5)The validation of the order shows that the order is invalid for any reason.
(b)If an order cannot be filled for any reason under this section, the supplier must notify the purchaser and provide a statement as to the reason (e.g., improperly prepared or altered). 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.
(c)When a purchaser receives an unaccepted electronic order from the supplier, the purchaser must electronically link the statement of nonacceptance to the original order. The original order and the statement must be retained in accordance with § 1305.27.
(d)Neither a purchaser nor a supplier may correct a defective order; the purchaser must issue a new order for the order to be filled.