[Title 21 CFR 1306.07]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - April 1, 2002 Edition]
[Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS]
[Chapter II - DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE]
[Part 1306 - PRESCRIPTIONS]
[Sec. 1306.07 - Administering or dispensing of narcotic drugs.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


21FOOD AND DRUGS92002-04-012002-04-01false1306.07Sec. 1306.07FOOD AND DRUGSDRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEPRESCRIPTIONS
Sec. 1306.07  Administering or dispensing of narcotic drugs.

    (a) The administering or dispensing directly (but not prescribing) 
of narcotic drugs listed in any schedule to a narcotic drug dependent 
person for ``detoxification treatment'' or ``maintenance treatment'' as 
defined in section 102 of the Act (21 U.S.C. 802) shall be deemed to be 
within the meaning of the term ``in the course of his professional 
practice or research'' in section 308(e) and section 102(20) of the Act 
(21 U.S.C. 828 (e)): Provided, That the practitioner is separately 
registered with the Attorney General as required by section 303(g) of 
the Act (21 U.S.C. 823(g)) and then thereafter complies with the 
regulatory standards imposed relative to treatment qualification, 
security, records and unsupervised use of drugs pursuant to such Act.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a physician who is not 
specifically registered to conduct a narcotic treatment program from 
administering (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.

[39 FR 37986, Oct. 25, 1974]

               Controlled Substances Listed in Schedule II