---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1317.30"
title: "21"
number: "1317.30"
heading: "Authorization to collect from non-registrants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1317.30"
---

# §1317.30. Authorization to collect from non-registrants.

- (a) The following persons are authorized to collect controlled substances from ultimate users and other non-registrants for destruction in compliance with this chapter:
  - (1) Any registrant authorized by the Administration to be a collector pursuant to [§ 1317.40](/cfr/21/1317.40.md); and
  - (2) Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement when in the course of official duties and pursuant to [§ 1317.35](/cfr/21/1317.35.md).
- (b) The following non-registrant persons in lawful possession of a controlled substance in Schedules II, III, IV, or V may transfer that substance to the authorized persons listed in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, and in a manner authorized by this part, for the purpose of disposal:
  - (1) An ultimate user in lawful possession of a controlled substance;
  - (2) Any person lawfully entitled to dispose of a decedent's property if that decedent was an ultimate user who died while in lawful possession of a controlled substance; and
  - (3) A long-term care facility on behalf of an ultimate user who resides or resided at such long-term care facility and is/was in lawful possession of a controlled substance, in accordance with [§ 1317.80](/cfr/21/1317.80.md) only.

## 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.