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title: "21 CFR §1306.03"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-1306.03"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "9"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "Unknown"

subchapter_subject: "Unknown"

part_code: "1306"

part_subject: "PRESCRIPTIONS"

subpart_code: "A"

subpart_subject: "General Requirements"

section_number: "1306.03"

section_subject: "Persons entitled to issue prescriptions."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 1306.03"

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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(a)A prescription for a controlled substance may be issued only by an individual practitioner who is:

(1)Authorized to prescribe controlled substances by the jurisdiction in which he is licensed to practice his profession and

(2)Either registered or exempted from registration pursuant to §§ 1301.22(c) and 1301.23 of this chapter.

(b)A prescription issued by an individual practitioner may be communicated to a pharmacist by an employee or agent of the individual practitioner.

§1306.03 - Persons entitled to issue prescriptions.