[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR203.35]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 203--PRESCRIPTION DRUG MARKETING--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart D--Samples
 
Sec. 203.35  Standing requests.

    Manufacturers or authorized distributors of record shall not 
distribute drug samples on the basis of open-ended or standing requests, 
but shall require separate written requests for each drug sample or 
group of samples. An arrangement by which a licensed practitioner 
requests in writing that a

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specified number of drug samples be delivered over a period of not more 
than 6 months, with the actual delivery dates for parts of the order to 
be set by subsequent oral communication or electronic transmission, is 
not considered to be a standing request.