Regulations last checked for updates: May 01, 2025

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Apr 28, 2025
§ 290.1 - Controlled substances.

Any drug that is a controlled substance listed in schedule II, III, IV, or V of the Federal Controlled Substances Act or implementing regulations must be dispensed by prescription only as required by section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act unless specifically exempted in § 290.2.

[67 FR 4906, Feb. 1, 2002]
authority: 21 U.S.C. 352,353,355,371
source: 40 FR 14040, Mar. 27, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 21 CFR 290.1