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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.
Authorized registrants apply for and, if granted, receive a "DEA number". An entity that has been issued a DEA number is authorized to manufacture (drug companies), distribute research, prescribe (doctors, pharmacists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, etc.), or dispense (pharmacy) a controlled substance.
In order to prescribe controlled substances, the APRN must have been issued a DEA number and comply with all federal DEA requirements related to controlled substances. Applying for a DEA number requires the APRN to submit their APRN license, personal information, background information, and an application fee. Applications are good for three years.
At the same time, DEA began to examine how to revise its rules to allow electronic prescriptions for controlled substances. The DEA had to mindful that regulations on electronic prescriptions must be consistent with other statutory mandates and Federal regulations. Looking back, E-Sign was signed into law on June 30, 2000. It establishes the ...
A senior official at the US Department of Health and Human Services has called for easing restrictions on marijuana by reclassifying it as a Schedule III substance in a letter to the Drug ...
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Submitting your application with an ITIN. The application process for those with an ITIN instead of an SSN is essentially the same. In place of a nine-digit SSN, you will use the nine-digit ITIN.
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.