North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 26 - MENTAL HEALTH, GENERAL › Subchapter E - MANUFACTURERS: DISTRIBUTORS: DISPENSERS AND RESEARCHERS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES › Section .0100 - REGISTRATION OF MANUFACTURERS: DISTRIBUTORS: AND DISPENSERS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES › Section 26E .0112 - TIME FOR APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION: EXPIRATION DATE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Any
				  person who is required to be registered and who is not so registered may apply
				  for registration at any time. No person required to be registered shall engage
				  in any activity for which registration is required until the application for
				  registration is granted and certificate of registration is issued by the
				  director to such persons. However, a person already registered under federal
				  law shall be allowed to continue to engage in the activity for which federal
				  registration is allowed during the time his application is being processed and
				  until such application is denied.
(b) Any person who is registered may apply to
				  be re-registered not more than 60 days before the expiration date of the
				  registration.
(c) All registrations
				  shall expire annually on the anniversary of their date of inception as
				  hereafter set out. For the purposes of these registrations, the state shall be
				  divided into a Northern, Central, and Southern Region. The counties which are
				  included in each of these regions are specified in Paragraph (d) of this Rule.
				  The date of expiration for each registration shall be determined by the region
				  of the state in which the registrant is located. The registrations from the
				  Northern Region shall expire on October 31 of each year. The registrations from
				  the Central Region shall expire on December 31 of each year. The registrations
				  from the Southern Region shall expire on July 31 of each year. If the
				  registrant registers within the three months preceding the expiration date for
				  his region, the registration which he receives shall not expire until the
				  expiration date of the following year. However, for the registration year of
				  1989 all renewal registrations shall be handled in accordance with Paragraph
				  (e) of this Rule.
(d) The counties
				  of the State of North Carolina are divided into three regions as follows:
(1) The Northern Region shall include the
				  following counties: Alamance; Alleghany; Ashe; Bertie; Camden; Caswell; Chowan;
				  Currituck; Dare; Durham; Edgecombe; Forsyth; Franklin; Gates; Granville;
				  Guilford; Halifax; Hertford; Martin; Nash; Northampton; Orange; Pasquotank;
				  Perquimans; Person; Rockingham; Stokes; Surry; Tyrrell; Vance; Warren;
				  Washington; Watauga; Wilkes; and Yadkin.
(2) The Central Region shall include the
				  following counties: Alexander; Avery; Beaufort; Buncombe; Burke; Caldwell;
				  Carteret; Catawba; Chatham; Cherokee; Clay; Craven; Davidson; Davie; Graham;
				  Greene; Haywood; Hyde; Iredell; Jackson; Johnston; Jones; Lenoir; Macon;
				  Madison; McDowell; Mitchell; Pamlico; Pitt; Randolph; Rowan; Swain; Wake;
				  Wayne; Wilson; and Yancey.
(3) The
				  Southern Region shall include the following counties: Anson; Bladen; Brunswick;
				  Cabarrus; Cleveland; Columbus; Cumberland; Duplin; Gaston; Harnett; Henderson;
				  Hoke; Lee; Lincoln; Mecklenburg; Montgomery; Moore; New Hanover; Onslow;
				  Pender; Polk; Richmond; Robeson; Rutherford; Sampson; Scotland; Stanly;
				  Transylvania; and Union.