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Ordering Schedule I and II Controlled Substances Using DEA Form 222; Technical Amendments
The Drug Enforcement Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on March 20, 2026. It took effect on March 20, 2026.
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What the agency says
On September 30, 2019, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) published the final rule, New Single-Sheet Format for U.S. Official Order Form for Schedule I and II Controlled Substances (DEA Form 222). The final rule implemented a new single sheet format for DEA Form 222 and provided for a two-year transition period to switch from the triplicate form. This technical amendment corrects certain regulations erroneously not amended in the final rule which creates ambiguities. The amendment clarifies that a DEA Form 222 Power of Attorney may only be executed or revoked by a registrant, a partner of the registrant, or an officer of a registrant corporate entity. It resolves ambiguity over who may sign a DEA Form 222 and removes the obsolete transition provision for the triplicate version of DEA Form 222. These are conforming revisions that do not make any substantive changes to the regulations.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-05482
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule, technical amendment
- Agency
- Justice Department; Drug Enforcement Administration
- Published
- March 20, 2026
- Takes effect
- March 20, 2026
- Dates
- This rule is effective March 20, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. DEA-1005
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 21 CFR 1305
- Topics
- Drug traffic control; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 3
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