---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1317.40"
title: "21"
number: "1317.40"
heading: "Registrants authorized to collect and authorized collection activities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1317.40"
---

# §1317.40. Registrants authorized to collect and authorized collection activities.

- (a) Manufacturers, distributors, reverse distributors, narcotic treatment programs, hospitals/clinics with an on-site pharmacy, and retail pharmacies that desire to be collectors shall modify their registration to obtain authorization to be a collector in accordance with [§ 1301.51](/cfr/21/1301.51.md) of this chapter. Authorization to be a collector is subject to renewal. If a registrant that is authorized to collect ceases activities as a collector, such registrant shall notify the Administration in accordance with [§ 1301.52(f)](/cfr/21/1301.52.md?p=f) of this chapter.
- (b) Collection by registrants shall occur only at the following locations:
  - (1) Those registered locations of manufacturers, distributors, reverse distributors, narcotic treatment programs, hospitals/clinics with an on-site pharmacy, and retail pharmacies that are authorized for collection; and
  - (2) Long-term care facilities at which registered hospitals/clinics or retail pharmacies are authorized to maintain collection receptacles.
- (c) Collectors may conduct the following activities:
  - (1) Receive and destroy mail-back packages pursuant to [§ 1317.70](/cfr/21/1317.70.md) at an authorized registered location that has an on-site method of destruction;
  - (2) Install, manage, and maintain collection receptacles located at their authorized collection location(s) pursuant to §§ [1317.75](/cfr/21/1317.75.md) and [1317.80](/cfr/21/1317.80.md); and
  - (3) Promptly dispose of sealed inner liners and their contents as provided for in [§ 1317.05(c)(2)](/cfr/21/1317.05.md?p=c-2).

## 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.