[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 9]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR1301.22]

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                         TITLE 21-FOOD AND DRUGS
 
   CHAPTER II--DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 1301--REGISTRATION OF MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND DISPENSERS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1301.22  Exemption of agents and employees; affiliated practitioners.

    (a) The requirement of registration is waived for any agent or 
employee of a person who is registered to engage in any group of 
independent activities, if such agent or employee is acting in the usual 
course of his/her business or employment.
    (b) An individual practitioner who is an agent or employee of 
another practitioner (other than a mid-level practitioner) registered to 
dispense controlled substances may, when acting in the normal course of 
business or employment, administer or dispense (other than by issuance 
of prescription) controlled substances if and to the extent that such 
individual practitioner is authorized or permitted to do so by the 
jurisdiction in which he or she practices, under the registration of the 
employer or principal practitioner in lieu of being registered him/
herself.
    (c) An individual practitioner who is an agent or employee of a 
hospital or other institution may, when acting in the normal course of 
business or employment, administer, dispense, or prescribe controlled 
substances under the registration of the hospital or other institution 
which is registered in lieu of being registered him/herself, provided 
that:
    (1) Such dispensing, administering or prescribing is done in the 
usual course of his/her professional practice;

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    (2) Such individual practitioner is authorized or permitted to do so 
by the jurisdiction in which he/she is practicing;
    (3) The hospital or other institution by whom he/she is employed has 
verified that the individual practitioner is so permitted to dispense, 
administer, or prescribe drugs within the jurisdiction;
    (4) Such individual practitioner is acting only within the scope of 
his/her employment in the hospital or institution;
    (5) The hospital or other institution authorizes the individual 
practitioner to administer, dispense or prescribe under the hospital 
registration and designates a specific internal code number for each 
individual practitioner so authorized. The code number shall consist of 
numbers, letters, or a combination thereof and shall be a suffix to the 
institution's DEA registration number, preceded by a hyphen (e.g., 
APO123456-10 or APO123456-A12); and
    (6) A current list of internal codes and the corresponding 
individual practitioners is kept by the hospital or other institution 
and is made available at all times to other registrants and law 
enforcement agencies upon request for the purpose of verifying the 
authority of the prescribing individual practitioner.

[62 FR 13950, Mar. 24, 1997]