Title 21, Food and DrugsRelease 119-102

§211 Preservation of Originals of Prescriptions Compounded and Copies Thereof; Inspection of Prescriptions by Consular Officers; Marking Containers of Drugs

Title 21 › CHAPTER 7 — PRACTICE OF PHARMACY AND SALE OF POISONS IN CONSULAR DISTRICTS IN CHINA › § 211

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

People or companies who owe permanent allegiance to the United States and who own or run a drugstore must keep a file at the business with the original or a copy of every prescription they fill. Those records must be kept for at least three years, and the owner must give a correct copy to the prescribing doctor or the person who received the medicine if asked. Any prescriptions and sales records covered by sections 207 or 208 must be open to inspection by authorized U.S. consular officers in U.S. consular districts in China. In any consular district, those who compound or dispense drugs must label the container with the drug name and directions before giving it to anyone.

Full Legal Text

Title 21, §211

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Every person, firm, or corporation whose permanent allegiance is due to the United States owning, partly owning, or managing a drug store or pharmacy shall keep in his place of business a suitable book or file, in which shall be preserved for a period of not less than three years the original of every prescription compounded or dispensed at such store or pharmacy, or a copy of such prescription, except when the preservation of the original is required by section 207 or 208 of this title. Upon request the owner, part owner, or manager of such store shall furnish to the prescribing physician, or to the person for whom such prescription was compounded or dispensed, a true and correct copy thereof. Any prescription required by section 207 or 208 of this title, and any prescription for, or register of sales of, substances mentioned in such sections shall at all times be open to inspection by duly authorized consular officers in the consular districts of the United States in China. No person, firm, or corporation whose permanent allegiance is due to the United States shall, in a consular district, compound or dispense any drug or drugs or deliver the same to any other person without marking on the container thereof the name of the drug or drugs contained therein and directions for using the same.

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Citation

21 U.S.C. § 211

Title 21, Food and Drugs

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102