[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 9]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR1305.25]

[Page 77-78]
 
                         TITLE 21-FOOD AND DRUGS
 
   CHAPTER II--DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 1305_ORDERS FOR SCHEDULE I AND II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES--
Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart C_Electronic Orders
 
Sec. 1305.25  Unaccepted and defective electronic orders.

    (a) No electronic order may be filled if:

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    (1) The required data fields have not been completed.
    (2) The order is not signed using a digital certificate issued by 
DEA.
    (3) The digital certificate used had expired or had been revoked 
prior to signature.
    (4) The purchaser's public key will not validate the digital 
signature.
    (5) The validation of the order shows that the order is invalid for 
any reason.
    (b) If an order cannot be filled for any reason under this section, 
the supplier must notify the purchaser and provide a statement as to the 
reason (e.g., improperly prepared or altered). A supplier may, for any 
reason, refuse to accept any order, and if a supplier refuses to accept 
the order, a statement that the order is not accepted is sufficient for 
purposes of this paragraph.
    (c) When a purchaser receives an unaccepted electronic order from 
the supplier, the purchaser must electronically link the statement of 
nonacceptance to the original order. The original order and the 
statement must be retained in accordance with Sec. 1305.27.
    (d) Neither a purchaser nor a supplier may correct a defective 
order; the purchaser must issue a new order for the order to be filled.