21 CFR § 1317.30 - Authorization to collect from non-registrants.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s1317.30"
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title: "21 CFR § 1317.30 - Authorization to collect from non-registrants."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "1317.30"
section_name: "Authorization to collect from non-registrants."
chapter_name: "DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "1317"
part_name: "DISPOSAL"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 821, 822, 823, 827, 828, 871(b), and 958."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 53565, Sept. 9, 2014, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1317"
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# 1317.30 Authorization to collect from non-registrants.

(a) The following persons are authorized to collect controlled substances from ultimate users and other non-registrants for destruction in compliance with this chapter:

(1) Any registrant authorized by the Administration to be a collector pursuant to § 1317.40; and

(2) Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement when in the course of official duties and pursuant to § 1317.35.

(b) The following non-registrant persons in lawful possession of a controlled substance in Schedules II, III, IV, or V may transfer that substance to the authorized persons listed in paragraph (a) of this section, and in a manner authorized by this part, for the purpose of disposal:

(1) An ultimate user in lawful possession of a controlled substance;

(2) Any person lawfully entitled to dispose of a decedent's property if that decedent was an ultimate user who died while in lawful possession of a controlled substance; and

(3) A long-term care facility on behalf of an ultimate user who resides or resided at such long-term care facility and is/was in lawful possession of a controlled substance, in accordance with § 1317.80 only.