---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 522.883"
title: "21"
number: "522.883"
heading: "Etorphine."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/522.883"
---

# §522.883. Etorphine.

- (a) **Specifications.** Each milliliter of solution contains 1 milligram of etorphine hydrochloride.
- (b) **Sponsor.** See No. 053923 in [§ 510.600(c)](/cfr/21/510.600.md?p=c) of this chapter.
- (c) **Special considerations.** Distribution is restricted to veterinarians engaged in zoo and exotic animal practice, wildlife management programs, and researchers.
- (d) **Conditions of use—**
  - (1) **Amount.** Administered intramuscularly by hand syringe or syringe dart at a suitable dosage level depending upon the species.
  - (2) **Indications for use.** For the immobilization of wild and exotic animals.
  - (3) **Limitations.** Do not use in domestic food-producing animals. Do not use 30 days before, or during, the hunting season in free-ranging wild animals that might be used for food. Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.

## Notes

### Amendments

[79 FR 16188, Mar. 25, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 360b.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 13858, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[79 FR 16188, Mar. 25, 2014]