---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1306.03"
title: "21"
number: "1306.03"
heading: "Persons entitled to issue prescriptions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1306.03"
---

# §1306.03. Persons entitled to issue prescriptions.

- (a) A prescription for a controlled substance may be issued only by an individual practitioner who is:
  - (1) Authorized to prescribe controlled substances by the jurisdiction in which he is licensed to practice his profession and
  - (2) Either registered or exempted from registration pursuant to §§ [1301.22(c)](/cfr/21/1301.22.md?p=c) and [1301.23](/cfr/21/1301.23.md) of this chapter.
- (b) A prescription issued by an individual practitioner may be communicated to a pharmacist by an employee or agent of the individual practitioner.

## Notes

### Amendments

[36 FR 7799, Apr. 24, 1971, as amended at 36 FR 18732, Sept. 21, 1971. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973, as amended at 62 FR 13966, Mar. 24, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 821, 823(k), 829, 831, 871(b), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 7799, Apr. 24, 1971; 36 FR 13386, July 21, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973.

### Amendments

[36 FR 7799, Apr. 24, 1971, as amended at 36 FR 18732, Sept. 21, 1971. Redesignated at 38 FR 26609, Sept. 24, 1973, as amended at 62 FR 13966, Mar. 24, 1997]