DEA Investigations
DEA inspections, controlled substance compliance, and Drug Supply Chain Security Act enforcement.
Hospice Controlled Substance Disposal After a Patient Dies
What the SUPPORT Act lets hospice employees destroy after a patient dies, what it requires hospices to document, and how gaps beco…
DEA Questions About Cash Payments and Distance Traveled
Why DEA treats cash payment and long-distance travel as red flags for controlled substance prescriptions, and how to document reso…
DEA Registration for Med Spas and Wellness Clinics
Med spas and wellness clinics that administer Schedule III to V drugs may need their own DEA registration, with medical director l…
DEA Inspections of Long-Term Care Facility Pharmacies
DEA inspections of long-term care facility pharmacies focus on automated dispensing registration, Schedule II fax prescriptions, a…
What a Pharmacist May Change on a Schedule II Prescription
DEA's own guidance leaves the line between a correction and a new prescription to state law, and a pharmacist who guesses wrong ca…
Wasting Controlled Substances: Witness and Documentation Standards
What a controlled substance waste record must contain, who has to witness it, and how DEA investigators test it for diversion.
Testosterone Prescribing and DEA Scrutiny of Men's Health Clinics
Testosterone is Schedule III. DEA scrutiny of men's health clinics turns on registration, telehealth limits, records, and legitima…
State Opioid Prescribing Limits and Day-Supply Laws
How acute-pain opioid day-supply caps, exceptions, and counseling rules differ across five states, and what it means for prescribe…
Prescribing Controlled Substances to Family Members and Yourself
Federal and state rules on self-prescribing and treating family members with controlled substances, and how violations surface in…