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ARCOS
Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System
Who Reports to ARCOS?
What is Reported to ARCOS?
How many Manufacturers & Distributors report to ARCOS?
How Many Transactions are Reported Each Year?
Who Uses the System?
Reporting Frequency
ARCOS Registrants and Reporters
Single Reporter
Registered Central Reporter
Non-registered Central Reporter
Who
Reports to ARCOS?
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Manufacturers and Distributors ONLY.
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What is Reported to ARCOS?
- Manufacturers of bulk and/or dosage
form controlled substances must report inventories, acquisitions, and
dispositions of all substances in Schedules I and II, and narcotic and
Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB) substances in Schedule III (see 21
CFR §1308 Schedule of Controlled Substances). Additionally,
manufacturers must report synthesizing activities involving all
substances in Schedules I and II, narcotic and Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid
(GHB) substances in Schedule III, and
selected psychotropic controlled substances in Schedules III and IV (see
21 CFR § 1304.33 Reports to
ARCOS).
- Distributors of bulk and/or dosage
form controlled substances must report inventories, acquisitions, and
dispositions of all substances in Schedules I and II, and narcotic and
Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB) substances in Schedule III.
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How
many Manufacturers & Distributors report to
ARCOS?
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About 1100 Distributors and Manufacturers report to ARCOS. These 1100 are just a small part of the
over 1,000,000 registrants in Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Controlled Substances Act (CSA) data base.
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How
Many Transactions are Reported Each Year?
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30,000,000+ transactions are reported
each year.
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Who
Uses the System?
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DEA and other Federal, State and Local investigative agencies use information from ARCOS.
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Reporting Frequency
ARCOS registrants (participants) must report quarterly. However, participants may elect to report more frequently on a monthly basis. Those registrants wishing to change their reporting frequency must file a written request with the DEA (ARCOS) before submitting reports according to the new frequency. Requests for a change in reporting frequency must be submitted on company letterhead and may be sent by mail or fax to the
ARCOS Unit at:
Drug Enforcement Administration
Office of Diversion Control
(ARCOS Unit)
P.O. Box 27273
Washington, D.C. 20038-7273
Fax: 202-307-8612
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ARCOS Registrants and Reporters
An ARCOS registrant is a manufacturer or distributor required to report controlled substance inventories and transactions to DEA.
There are three types of ARCOS reporters: (1) single reporters, (2) registered central reporters, and (3) non-registered central reporters.
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Single Reporter
An ARCOS registrant reporting only its own controlled substance transactions and inventories to DEA (ARCOS) is a single reporter. If an ARCOS registrant is a subsidiary of a larger corporate entity and submits its own ARCOS reports, it must follow the instructions for a single reporter.
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Registered Central Reporter
A registered central reporter has a DEA registration as a manufacturer or distributor and reports controlled substance transactions and inventories for itself and other ARCOS registrants within its corporate structure.
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Non-registered Central Reporter
A non-registered central reporter neither manufactures nor distributes controlled substances, does not have a DEA registration, and does not have controlled substance transactions or inventories, but reports the controlled substance transactions and inventories of the ARCOS registrants within its corporate structure.
Note:
The reporting frequency must be the same for a central reporter and all of its subsidiaries.
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