May 08, 2014
Practitioner DEA Registration Numbers: Some Anomalies to Note
By Larry K. Houck –
Prescriptions issued for controlled substances must contain the patient’s name and address; the drug name, strength and dosage form; the quantity prescribed; directions for use; and the practitioner’s name, address and Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) registration number. DEA advised in its current Pharmacist’s Manual: An Informational Outline of the Controlled Substances Act (Rev. 2010) that pharmacists are responsible for ensuring that prescriptions are issued by appropriately registered or exempt practitioners and that “it is helpful to be familiar with how a DEA registration number is constructed and to whom such registrations are issued.” DEA has taken enforcement action against pharmacies that it believes failed to verify that practitioner registrations were valid and active.
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Prescriptions issued for controlled substances must contain the patient’s name and address; the drug name, strength and dosage form; the quantity prescribed; directions for use; and the practitioner’s name, address and Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) registration number. DEA advised in its current Pharmacist’s Manual: An Informational Outline of the Controlled Substances Act (Rev. 2010) that pharmacists are responsible for ensuring that prescriptions are issued by appropriately registered or exempt practitioners and that “it is helpful to be familiar with how a DEA registration number is constructed and to whom such registrations are issued.” DEA has taken enforcement action against pharmacies that it believes failed to verify that practitioner registrations were valid and active.
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