21 USC § 821 - Rules and regulations

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title: "21 USC § 821 - Rules and regulations"
title_number: 21
title_name: "FOOD AND DRUGS"
section_number: "821"
section_name: "Rules and regulations"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Registration of Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dispensers of Controlled Substances"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 301, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1253; Pub. L. 103–200, § 3(a), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2336; Pub. L. 108–447, div. B, title VI, § 633(b), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2922.)"
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# § 821. Rules and regulations

The Attorney General is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations and to charge reasonable fees relating to the registration and control of the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of controlled substances and to listed chemicals.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 301, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1253; Pub. L. 103–200, § 3(a), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2336; Pub. L. 108–447, div. B, title VI, § 633(b), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2922.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2004— substituted “listed chemicals” for “the registration and control of regulated persons and of regulated transactions”.

1993— inserted before period at end “and to the registration and control of regulated persons and of regulated transactions”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on date that is 120 days after , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective on first day of seventh calendar month that begins after , see , set out as a note under .