1320. DISTRIBUTION BY DISPENSER TO ANOTHER PRACTITIONER OR A REVERSE DISTRIBUTOR

1320 DISTRIBUTION BY A DISPENSER TO ANOTHER PRACTITIONER OR A REVERSE DISTRIBUTOR 1320.1 A practitioner who is authorized to dispense a controlled substance may distribute (without being registered to distribute) a quantity of the substance to: (a) A reverse distributor who is registered to receive controlled substances under federal and District law; or (b) Another practitioner for the purpose of general dispensing by the practitioner to his or her patients, provided that the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The practitioner to whom the controlled substance is to be distributed is registered appropriately to dispense that controlled substance; (2) The distribution is recorded by the distributing practitioner and by the receiving practitioner in accordance with 21 C.F.R. § 1304.22(c); (3) If the substance is listed in Schedule I or II, an order form shall be used as required by 21 C.F.R. § 1305; and (4) The total number of dosage units of all controlled substances distributed by the practitioner pursuant to this section, during the twelve (12) month period in which the practitioner is registered to dispense, does not exceed five percent (5%) of the total number of dosage units of all controlled substances distributed and dispensed by the practitioner during the twelve (12) month period. 1320.2 If at any time during the twelve (12) month period during which the practitioner is registered to dispense, the practitioner has reason to believe that the total number of dosage units of all controlled substances which will be distributed by him or her to another practitioner pursuant to this section will exceed five percent (5%) of the total number of dosage units of all controlled substances distributed and dispensed by him or her during the twelve (12) month period, the practitioner shall obtain a registration to distribute controlled substances. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 1046, 1071 (February 21, 1986); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 4742 (June 19, 2009). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Public Health and Medicine 22-B DCMR § 1320