NTP Best Practice Guideline

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Receiving Medication

When a shipment of the medication is delivered to the NTP:

At the time of delivery, the designated staff member who receives the shipment should count the number of bottles in the shipment immediately and compare that number with the number found on the invoice.
The designated staff member who receives a particular shipment should sign for the shipment only after all of the ordered medication has been accounted for.
If there are no discrepancies or damage and the medication is accepted as delivered, the designated staff member receiving the shipment must complete the right-hand column of Copy 3 of the DEA Form-222 that the NTP originally completed for the order, indicating the date of the delivery and the quantity received. [21 CFR 1305.09(e)].

It is recommended that NTP personnel who have been designated to receive shipments of medication initial the right hand column of the DEA Form-222, upon receipt of the medication.
The NTP must retain Copy 3 of all completed order forms as part of the program's records of receipts. [21 CFR 1305.13(a)].

Order forms must be maintained separately from all other records and must be retained at the registered location for two years after the date of execution [21 CFR 1305.13(c)], or for the length of time required by the State Methadone Authority, whichever is the stricter requirement.