21 CFR § 1306.06 - Persons entitled to fill prescriptions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s1306.06"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 1306.06 - Persons entitled to fill prescriptions."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "1306.06"
section_name: "Persons entitled to fill prescriptions."
chapter_name: "DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "1306"
part_name: "PRESCRIPTIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 821, 823(k), 829, 831, 871(b), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 7799, Apr. 24, 1971; 36 FR 13386, July 21, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973."
cfr_part: "1306"
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# 1306.06 Persons entitled to fill prescriptions.

A prescription for a controlled substance may only be filled by a pharmacist, acting in the usual course of his professional practice and either registered individually or employed in a registered pharmacy, a registered central fill pharmacy, or registered institutional practitioner.

[68 FR 37410, June 24, 2003, as amended at 70 FR 36343, June 23, 2005]