ARCOS Registrant Handbook

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Summary of Reporting Changes

PART I: GENERAL INFORMATION

Section 1: ARCOS Overview

1.1 WHAT IS ARCOS? 

1.2 ARCOS’ RELATIONSHIP TO DRUG INVENTORY AUDIT

1.3 ARCOS’ RELATIONSHIP TO UNITED NATIONS

1.4 REPORTING: WHO and WHAT

1.5 WHO MUST NOT REPORT?

1.6 MULTIPLE REGISTRATIONS

Section 2: Reporting Requirements

2.1 GENERAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

2.2 RETAINING COPIES

2.3 REPORTING MEDIA

2.4 REPORTING FREQUENCY

2.5 TRANSMITTAL INFORMATION

2.6 ARCOS REGISTRANTS AND REPORTERS

2.7 CENTRAL REPORTING

Section 3: Reporting Media

3.1 REPORTING MEDIA TYPES

3.2 CONFORMING TO SPECIFICATIONS

3.3 LABELING MEDIA

3.4 PACKING MEDIA FOR MAILING

3.5 QUESTIONS

3.6 MANUAL REPORTING

3.7 MAGNETIC TAPE REPORTING

3.8 MAGNETIC DISKETTE REPORTING

PART II: REPORT PREPARATION - INTRODUCTION TO PART II

Section 4: Control Record

4.1 RECORD TYPES

4.2 CONTROL RECORD

4.3 CONTROL RECORD FORMAT

4.4 ARCOS REPORT

4.5 ARCOS INPUT STREAM EXAMPLES

Section 5: Transaction Record

5.1 TRANSACTION RECORD

5.2 DEA FORM 333: DUPLICATING DATA

5.3 REPORTING REGISTRANT NUMBER

5.4 TRANSACTION CODE

5.5 INVENTORY TRANSACTION CODES

5.6 ACQUISITION TRANSACTION CODES

5.7 DISPOSITION TRANSACTION CODES

5.8 MISCELLANEOUS TRANSACTION CODES

5.9 ACTION INDICATOR (Formerly DELETE INDICATOR)

5.10 NATIONAL DRUG CODE (NDC)

5.11 QUANTITY

5.12 UNIT CODE

5.13 ASSOCIATE REGISTRANT NUMBER

5.14 DEA ORDER FORM NUMBER

5.15 TRANSACTION DATE

5.16 CORRECTION TRANSACTION

5.17 STRENGTH

5.18 TRANSACTION IDENTIFIER

5.19 DOCUMENT IDENTIFIER

Section 6: Manufacturing Activities

6.1 GENERAL

6.2 NARCOTICS

6.3 PSYCHOTROPICS

6.4 MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES FOR CODES N, W, L, Q, J

PART III: SYSTEM OUTPUT

Section 7: Edit Listings

PART IV: REFERENCE - APPENDICES

Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Appendix 5
Glossary