PMP Series: Protecting Yourself and Your Practice: A DEA Perspective
This webinar, presented from the perspective of the DEA, will review your responsibilities regarding security, prevention of diversion, and recordkeeping as a DEA registrant. Tips on ways to reduce the chances of drug diversion and fraudulent prescribing will be shared to prevent costly regulatory issues from occurring in your practices. Finally, you will learn what to expect when the DEA visits your practice.
Objectives
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- Become more knowledgeable regarding DEA registrants’ responsibilities.
- Describe ways to increase your practice’s security and understand required record-keeping, while preventing drug diversion and fraudulent prescribing.
- Identify what to expect when the DEA visits your practice.
Audience
Prescribing clinicians and their teams
Continuing Medical Education
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Maine Medical Education Trust and CCSME. The Maine Medical Education Trust is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
This activity qualifies for 1 credit of the 3 CME credit requirement for opioid medication education found in P.L. 2015, Chapter 488, Maine’s legislation to address the opioid drug crisis.
The Maine Medical Education Trust designates this regularly scheduled series for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*Nurses and Nurse Practitioners will be awarded a certificate of participation with a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Contact Hours
1 contact hour for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
