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title: "21 CFR §1305.27"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-1305.27"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "9"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "Unknown"

subchapter_subject: "Unknown"

part_code: "1305"

part_subject: "ORDERS FOR SCHEDULE I AND II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES"

subpart_code: "C"

subpart_subject: "Electronic Orders"

section_number: "1305.27"

section_subject: "Preservation of electronic orders."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 1305.27"

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 purchaser must, for each order filled, retain the original signed order and all linked records for that order for two years. The purchaser must also retain all copies of each unaccepted or defective order and each linked statement.

(b)A supplier must retain each original order filled and the linked records for two years.

(c)If electronic order records are maintained on a central server, the records must be readily retrievable at the registered location.

§1305.27 - Preservation of electronic orders.