---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 205.5"
title: "21"
number: "205.5"
heading: "Minimum required information for licensure."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/205.5"
---

# §205.5. Minimum required information for licensure.

- (a) The State licensing authority shall require the following minimum information from each wholesale drug distributor as part of the license described in [§ 205.4](/cfr/21/205.4.md) and as part of any renewal of such license:
  - (1) The name, full business address, and telephone number of the licensee;
  - (2) All trade or business names used by the licensee;
  - (3) Addresses, telephone numbers, and the names of contact persons for all facilities used by the licensee for the storage, handling, and distribution of prescription drugs;
  - (4) The type of ownership or operation (i.e., partnership, corporation, or sole proprietorship); and
  - (5) **The name(s) of the owner and/or operator of the licensee, including—**
    - (i) If a person, the name of the person;
    - (ii) If a partnership, the name of each partner, and the name of the partnership;
    - (iii) If a corporation, the name and title of each corporate officer and director, the corporate names, and the name of the State of incorporation; and
    - (iv) If a sole proprietorship, the full name of the sole proprietor and the name of the business entity.
- (b) The State licensing authority may provide for a single license for a business entity operating more than one facility within that State, or for a parent entity with divisions, subsidiaries, and/or affiliate companies within that State when operations are conducted at more than one location and there exists joint ownership and control among all the entities.
- (c) Changes in any information in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall be submitted to the State licensing authority as required by such authority.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 351, 352, 353, 371, 374.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 38023, Sept. 14, 1990, unless otherwise noted.