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Introduced in the Senate as the "Enduring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015" by Orrin Hatch (R–UT) on February 12, 2015; Committee consideration by Senate Judiciary Committee; Passed the Senate on March 17, 2016 Passed the House on April 12, 2016 Signed into law by President Barack Obama on April 19, 2016
A DEA number (DEA Registration Number) is an identifier assigned to a health care provider (such as a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, optometrist, podiatrist, dentist, or veterinarian) by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration allowing them to write prescriptions for controlled substances.
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) maintains lists regarding the classification of illicit drugs (see DEA Schedules).It also maintains List I of chemicals and List II of chemicals, which contain chemicals that are used to manufacture the controlled substances/illicit drugs.
The Drug Enforcement Administration was established on July 1, 1973, [4] by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973, signed by President Richard Nixon on July 28. [5] It proposed the creation of a single federal agency to enforce the federal drug laws as well as consolidate and coordinate the government's drug control activities.
Diversion Investigator (DI) is the title of a specialist position within the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of the United States Department of Justice.DIs are responsible for addressing the problem of diversion of controlled pharmaceuticals and regulated chemicals from the legitimate channels in which they are manufactured, distributed, and dispensed.
Clinical pharmacy is the branch of pharmacy in which clinical pharmacists provide direct patient care that optimizes the use of medication and promotes health, wellness, and disease prevention. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Clinical pharmacists care for patients in all health care settings but the clinical pharmacy movement initially began inside hospitals and ...
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that assists member boards of pharmacy for the purpose of protecting public health. [3] It has 54 active members and 12 associate members. [6] Active member boards include all 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Pharmacy informatics is the combination of pharmacy practice science and applied information science. [31] Pharmacy informaticists work in many practice areas of pharmacy, however, they may also work in information technology departments or for healthcare information technology vendor companies. As a practice area and specialist domain ...