part_subject: "REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRONIC ORDERS AND PRESCRIPTIONS"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "Obtaining and Using Digital Certificates for Electronic Orders"
section_number: "1311.15"
section_subject: "Limitations on CSOS digital certificates."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 1311.15"
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 CSOS digital certificate issued by the DEA Certification Authority will authorize the certificate holder to sign orders for only those schedules of controlled substances covered by the registration under which the certificate is issued.
(b)When a registrant, in a power of attorney letter, limits a certificate applicant to a subset of the registrant's authorized schedules, the registrant is responsible for ensuring that the certificate holder signs orders only for that subset of schedules.