provisional registration

provisional registration Sec. 703. [21 U.S.C. 822 note] (a)(1) Any person who— (A) is engaged in manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing any controlled substance on the day before the effective date of section 302, and (B) is registered on such day under section 510 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or under section 4722 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, shall, with respect to each establishment for which such registration is in effect under any such section, be deemed to have a provisional registration under section 303 for the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing (as the case may be) of controlled substances. (2) During the period his provisional registration is in effect under this section, the registration number assigned such person under such section 510 or under such section 4722 (as the case may be) shall be his registration number for purposes of section 303 of this title. (b) The provisions of section 304, relating to suspension and revocation of registration, shall apply to a provisional registration under this section. (c) Unless sooner suspended or revoked under subsection (b), a provisional registration of a person under subsection (a)(1) of this section shall be in effect until— (1) the date on which such person has registered with the Attorney General under section 303 or has had his registration denied under such section, or (2) such date as may be prescribed by the Attorney General for registration of manufacturers, distributors, or dispensers, as the case may be, whichever occurs first.