Section 1309.21 - Persons required to register(a) Unless exempted by law or under §§ 1309.24 through 1309.26 or §§ 1310.12 through 1310.13 of this chapter, the following persons must annually obtain a registration specific to the List I chemicals to be handled:(1) Every person who manufactures or imports or proposes to manufacture or import a List I chemical or a drug product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine.(2) Every person who distributes or exports or proposes to distribute or export any List I chemical, other than those List I chemicals contained in a product exempted under paragraph (1)(iv) of the definition of regulated transaction in § 1300.02 of this chapter.(b) Only persons actually engaged in the activities are required to obtain a registration; related or affiliated persons who are not engaged in the activities are not required to be registered. (For example, a stockholder or parent corporation of a corporation distributing List I chemicals is not required to obtain a registration.)(c) The registration requirements are summarized in the following table:Summary of Registration Requirements and Limitations
| Business activity | Chemicals | DEA forms | Application fee | Registration period
(years) | Coincident activities allowed |
| (1) Manufacturing | List I,
Drug products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine | New-510
Renewal-510a | 3,699 | 1 | May distribute that chemical for which registration was issued; may not distribute any chemical for which not registered. |
| (2) Distributing | List I,
Scheduled listed chemical products | New-510
Renewal-510a | 1,850 | 1 | |
| (3) Importing | List I,
Drug Products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine | New-510
Renewal-510a | 1,850 | 1 | May distribute that chemical for which registration was issued; may not distribute any chemical for which not registered. |
| (4) Exporting | List I,
Scheduled listed chemical products | New-510
Renewal-510a | 1,850 | 1 | |
75 FR 4980 , Feb. 1, 2010, as amended at 77 FR 4236 , Jan. 27, 2012; 77 FR 15250 , Mar. 15, 2012; 85 FR 44734 , July 24, 2020