---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1317.01"
title: "21"
number: "1317.01"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1317.01"
---

# §1317.01. Scope.


This part sets forth the rules for the delivery, collection, and destruction of damaged, expired, returned, recalled, unused, or otherwise unwanted controlled substances that are lawfully possessed by registrants ([subpart A](/cfr/21/subpartA.md)) and non-registrants ([subpart B](/cfr/21/subpartB.md)). The purpose of such rules is to provide prompt, safe, and effective disposal methods while providing effective controls against the diversion of controlled substances.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 821, 822, 823, 827, 828, 871(b), and 958.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 53565, Sept. 9, 2014, unless otherwise noted.