21 CFR § 205.2 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s205.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 205.2 - Purpose."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "205.2"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "DRUGS: GENERAL"
part_number: "205"
part_name: "GUIDELINES FOR STATE LICENSING OF WHOLESALE PRESCRIPTION DRUG DISTRIBUTORS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 352, 353, 371, 374."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 38023, Sept. 14, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "205"
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# 205.2 Purpose.

The purpose of this part is to implement the Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987 by providing minimum standards, terms, and conditions for the licensing by State licensing authorities of persons who engage in wholesale distributions in interstate commerce of prescription drugs.