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Section 822. Persons Required to Register
Annual registration
(a)(1) Every person who manufactures or distributes any controlled substance or list I chemical,
or who proposes to engage in the manufacture or distribution of any controlled substance or list I
chemical, shall obtain annually a registration issued by the Attorney General in accordance with
the rules and regulations promulgated by him.
(2) Every person who dispenses, or who proposes to dispense, any controlled substance, shall
obtain from the Attorney General a registration issued in accordance with the rules and
regulations promulgated by him. The Attorney General shall, by regulation, determine the period
of such registrations. In no event, however, shall such registrations be issued for less than one
year nor for more than three years.
Authorized activities
(b) Persons registered by the Attorney General under this subchapter to manufacture, distribute,
or dispense controlled substances or list I chemicals are authorized to possess, manufacture,
distribute, or dispense such substances or chemicals (including any such activity in the conduct
of research) to the extent authorized by their registration and in conformity with the other
provisions of this subchapter.
Exceptions
(c) The following persons shall not be required to register and may lawfully possess any
controlled substance or list I chemical under this subchapter:
(1) An agent or employee of any registered manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser of any
controlled substance or list I chemical if such agent or employee is acting in the usual course of
his business or employment.
(2) A common or contract carrier or warehouseman, or an employee thereof, whose possession of
the controlled substance or list I chemical is in the usual course of his business or employment.
(3) An ultimate user who possesses such substance for a purpose specified in section 802(25) of
this title.
Waiver
(d) The Attorney General may, by regulation, waive the requirement for registration of certain
manufacturers, distributors, or dispensers if he finds it consistent with the public health and
safety.
Separate registration
(e) A separate registration shall be required at each principal place of business or professional
practice where the applicant manufactures, distributes, or dispenses controlled substances or list I
chemicals.
Inspection
(f) The Attorney General is authorized to inspect the establishment of a registrant or applicant for
registration in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by him.
(Pub.L. 91-513, Title II, Section 302, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1253; Pub.L. 98-473, Title II,
Section 510, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2072.)
EDITORIAL NOTES
References in Text. "Section 802(25) of this title", referred to in subsec. (c)(3), probably should
be a reference to "section 802(27) of this title" which defines the term "ultimate user".
Code of Federal Regulations
Administrative functions, practices, and procedures, see 21 CFR 1316.01 et seq.
Debarment and suspension, drug-free workplace, grants, see 21 CFR 1404.100 et seq.
General applicability, exceptions, etc., see 21 CFR 1307.01 et seq.
Mandatory declassification review program, see 21 CFR 1402.1 et seq.
Registration requirements, see 21 CFR 1301.01 et seq.
Uniform administrative requirements, grants and cooperative agreements, see 21 CFR 1403.1 et
seq.
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