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title: "21 CFR §1306.23"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-1306.23"

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: "1306.23"

section_subject: "Partial filling of prescriptions."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 1306.23"

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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The partial filling of a prescription for a controlled substance listed in Schedule III, IV, or V is permissible, provided that:

(a)Each partial filling is recorded in the same manner as a refilling,

(b)The total quantity dispensed in all partial fillings does not exceed the total quantity prescribed, and

(c)No dispensing occurs after 6 months after the date on which the prescription was issued.

§1306.23 - Partial filling of prescriptions.