{
  "schema": "upg.factor.v1",
  "exam": [
    "PTCE"
  ],
  "domain": "Federal Requirements",
  "confidence": 0.96,
  "updated_at": "2026-09-07",
  "token_cost_hint": 220,
  "integrity": "practice_only",
  "id": "ptce/federal/c2-partial-fill",
  "title": "Schedule II partial fills",
  "claim": "A Schedule II prescription may be partially filled. If the pharmacy cannot supply the full quantity, the balance is generally due within 72 hours. Patient- or practitioner-requested partial fills have a 30-day window from the written date (72 hours for emergency oral). LTCF/terminally ill patients may receive partial fills for up to 60 days from issue.",
  "plain": "Three clocks show up on PTCE: unable-to-supply 72h, patient/practitioner request 30 days, LTCF/terminal 60 days. Notation on the Rx matters.",
  "citations": [
    {
      "authority": "21 CFR 1306.13",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-II/part-1306/section-1306.13",
      "pin": "1306.13(a)",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
      "quote": "The remaining portion of the prescription may be filled within 72 hours of the first partial filling; however, if the remaining portion is not or cannot be filled within the 72-hour period, the pharmacist shall notify the prescribing individual practitioner."
    },
    {
      "authority": "21 CFR 1306.13",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-II/part-1306/section-1306.13",
      "pin": "1306.13(b)(2)",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
      "quote": "remaining portions of a partially filled prescription for a schedule II controlled substance, if filled, must be filled not later than 30 days after the date on which the prescription is written"
    },
    {
      "authority": "21 CFR 1306.13",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-II/part-1306/section-1306.13",
      "pin": "1306.13(c)",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
      "quote": "Schedule II prescriptions for patients in a LTCF or patients with a medical diagnosis documenting a terminal illness shall be valid for a period not to exceed 60 days from the issue date"
    }
  ],
  "html": "/factors/ptce/federal/c2-partial-fill",
  "json": "/factors/ptce/federal/c2-partial-fill.json"
}