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21 USC Sec. 825 01/22/02
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TITLE 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER 13 - DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER I - CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT
Part C - Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers
of Controlled Substances
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Sec. 825. Labeling and packaging
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(a) Symbol
It shall be unlawful
to distribute a controlled substance in a commercial
container unless such container, when and as required by regulations
of the Attorney General, bears a label (as defined in section
321(k) of this title) containing an identifying symbol for such
substance in accordance with such regulations. A different symbol
shall be required for each schedule of controlled substances.
(b) Unlawful
distribution without identifying symbol
It shall be unlawful
for the manufacturer of any controlledsubstance
to distribute such substance unless the labeling (asdefined
in section 321(m) of this title) of such substance contains,
when and as required by regulations of the Attorney General,
the identifying symbol required under subsection (a) of this
section.
(c) Warning
on label
The Secretary shall
prescribe regulations under section 353(b) of this
title which shall provide that the label of a drug listed in schedule
II, III, or IV shall, when dispensed to or for a patient, contain
a clear, concise warning that it is a crime to transfer the drug
to any person other than the patient.
(d) Containers
to be securely sealed
It shall be unlawful to distribute controlled substances in schedule
I or II, and narcotic drugs in schedule III or IV, unless the bottle
or other container, stopper, covering, or wrapper thereof
is securely sealed as required by regulations of the Attorney
General.
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(Pub. L. 91-513, title II,
Sec. 305, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1256.)
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REFERENCES
IN TEXT
Schedules I, II, III, and
IV, referred to in subsecs. (c) and (d), are set out in section 812(c)
of this title.
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EFFECTIVE
DATE
Section effective on first
day of seventh calendar month that begins
after Oct. 26, 1970, but with Attorney General authorized to postpone
such effective date for such period as he might determine to
be necessary for the efficient administration of this subchapter,
see section 704(c) of Pub. L. 91-513, set out as a note under
section 801 of this title.
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SECTION REFERRED
TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred
to in sections 842, 958
of this title.
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