{
  "schema": "upg.factor.v1",
  "exam": [
    "PTCE"
  ],
  "domain": "Federal Requirements",
  "confidence": 0.99,
  "updated_at": "2026-09-07",
  "token_cost_hint": 220,
  "integrity": "practice_only",
  "id": "ptce/federal/c3-5-refills",
  "title": "Schedule III\u2013IV refill floor (5 / 6 months)",
  "claim": "Under 21 CFR 1306.22(a), a Schedule III or IV controlled-substance prescription may not be filled or refilled more than six months after the issue date, and may not be refilled more than five times. States may be stricter. Schedule V is not covered by that same 5/6 sentence \u2014 do not collapse V into this card.",
  "plain": "Federal exam floor for C-III and C-IV: max 5 refills, max 6 months from issue. Always check state board. Do not treat C-V as automatic 5/6 under this pin.",
  "citations": [
    {
      "authority": "21 CFR 1306.22",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-II/part-1306/section-1306.22",
      "pin": "1306.22(a)",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07",
      "quote": "No prescription for a controlled substance listed in Schedule III or IV shall be filled or refilled more than six months after the date on which such prescription was issued. No prescription for a controlled substance listed in Schedule III or IV authorized to be refilled may be refilled more than five times."
    }
  ],
  "html": "/factors/ptce/federal/c3-5-refills",
  "json": "/factors/ptce/federal/c3-5-refills.json"
}