---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1305.15"
title: "21"
number: "1305.15"
heading: "Unaccepted and defective DEA Forms 222."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1305.15"
---

# §1305.15. Unaccepted and defective DEA Forms 222.

- (a) A DEA Form 222 must not be filled if either of the following apply:
  - (1) **The order is not complete, legible, or properly prepared, executed, or endorsed.**
  - (2) **The order shows any alteration, erasure, or change of any description.**
- (b) If a DEA Form 222 cannot be filled for any reason under this section, the supplier must return the original DEA Form 222 to the purchaser with a statement as to the reason (e.g., illegible or altered).
- (c) 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.
- (d) When a purchaser receives an unaccepted order, the original DEA Form 222 and the statement must be retained in the files of the purchaser in accordance with [§ 1305.17](/cfr/21/1305.17.md). A defective DEA Form 222 may not be corrected; it must be replaced by a new DEA Form 222 for the order to be filled.

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 16911, Apr. 1, 2005, as amended at 84 FR 51375, Sept. 30, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 821, 828, 871(b), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 16911, Apr. 1, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 16911, Apr. 1, 2005, as amended at 84 FR 51375, Sept. 30, 2019]