[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: 21CFR1306.07]

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                         TITLE 21-FOOD AND DRUGS
 
   CHAPTER II--DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 1306_PRESCRIPTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1306.07  Administering or dispensing of narcotic drugs.

    (a) A practitioner may administer or dispense directly (but not 
prescribe) a narcotic drug listed in any schedule to a narcotic 
dependant person for the purpose of maintenance or detoxification 
treatment if the practitioner meets both of the following conditions:
    (1) The practitioner is separately registered with DEA as a narcotic 
treatment program.
    (2) The practitioner is in compliance with DEA regulations regarding 
treatment qualifications, security, records, and unsupervised use of the 
drugs pursuant to the Act.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a physician who is not 
specifically registered to conduct a narcotic treatment program from 
administering

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(but not prescribing) narcotic drugs to a person for the purpose of 
relieving acute withdrawal symptoms when necessary while arrangements 
are being made for referral for treatment. Not more than one day's 
medication may be administered to the person or for the person's use at 
one time. Such emergency treatment may be carried out for not more than 
three days and may not be renewed or extended.
    (c) This section is not intended to impose any limitations on a 
physician or authorized hospital staff to administer or dispense 
narcotic drugs in a hospital to maintain or detoxify a person as an 
incidental adjunct to medical or surgical treatment of conditions other 
than addiction, or to administer or dispense narcotic drugs to persons 
with intractable pain in which no relief or cure is possible or none has 
been found after reasonable efforts.
    (d) A practitioner may administer or dispense (including prescribe) 
any Schedule III, IV, or V narcotic drug approved by the Food and Drug 
Administration specifically for use in maintenance or detoxification 
treatment to a narcotic dependent person if the practitioner complies 
with the requirements of Sec. 1301.28 of this chapter.

[39 FR 37986, Oct. 25, 1974, as amended at 70 FR 36344, June 23, 2005]

               Controlled Substances Listed in Schedule II