subpart_subject: "Disposal of Controlled Substances Collected From Ultimate Users and Other Non-Registrants"
section_number: "1317.30"
section_subject: "Authorization to collect from non-registrants."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 1317.30"
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)The following persons are authorized to collect controlled substances from ultimate users and other non-registrants for destruction in compliance with this chapter:
(1)Any registrant authorized by the Administration to be a collector pursuant to § 1317.40; and
(2)Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement when in the course of official duties and pursuant to § 1317.35.
(b)The following non-registrant persons in lawful possession of a controlled substance in Schedules II, III, IV, or V may transfer that substance to the authorized persons listed in paragraph (a) of this section, and in a manner authorized by this part, for the purpose of disposal:
(1)An ultimate user in lawful possession of a controlled substance;
(2)Any person lawfully entitled to dispose of a decedent's property if that decedent was an ultimate user who died while in lawful possession of a controlled substance; and
(3)A long-term care facility on behalf of an ultimate user who resides or resided at such long-term care facility and is/was in lawful possession of a controlled substance, in accordance with § 1317.80 only.