DEA MATE Compliance
Requirement starting June 27, 2023
All registered practitioners will soon be required to check a box on their online DEA registration form, whether for initial registration or for renewing registration, affirming that they have completed this new training requirement.
Have you completed your required opioid prescribing training? Complete your training online at your own pace!
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DEA & MATE Act Details
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 enacted a new 8-hour training requirement for all DEA registered practitioners on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders, including dentists. This is called the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act.
Starting from June 27, 2023, all registered practitioners will be required to check a box on their online DEA registration form, whether for initial registration or for renewing registration, affirming that they have completed this new training requirement and maintain their certificate of completion. This one-time training requirement will not be part of future registration renewals.
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Course
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Hours
8
CE Credits
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Course Description
The course covers the risks and benefits of opioids, safe pharmacological management of dental pain, screening, treating, and managing patients with substance abuse disorders, patient counseling and education, proper recordkeeping requirements, and appropriate clinical use of all drugs approved by the FDA for treating substance use disorder. The certificate of completion is issued by IMH, a DEA-approved CERP provider, but the DEA does not approve specific courses, only specific educational providers.
Agenda
Agenda
ADA Policy on Opioids (2.5 hours)
- Dr. Leslie Fang presents the 2.5-hour class on the ADA Policy on Opioids, which provides a comprehensive review of safety protocols and regulations related to controlled substances and teaches dentists how to optimize the use of nonnarcotic painkillers.
Examining Addiction (.75 hours)
- Dr. John Hexem discusses the mechanism of addiction, brain physiology, new regulations, and iatrogenic addiction.
DEA Compliant Recordkeeping (.75 hours)
- Dr. Carol Wilson explains the steps to DEA-compliant recordkeeping requirements in a dental office and covers how to record controlled substances in a DEA-compliant log book, and how to properly dispense, store, and destroy medications.
Requirements & Responsibilities of Prescribing Schedule II Opioid Drugs (4 hours)
- Dr. Steve Yun teaches the 4-hour module, Requirements & Responsibilities of Prescribing Schedule II Opioid Drugs, covering the history, pharmacology, and risks of opioid addiction review of the signs of use, dependency, and abuse, and the framework for prescribing opioids.
*California Doctors*
- For California doctors, 2 of the 8 hours of the course fulfill the Dental Board of California's requirement for a Board-approved course on opioids for license renewal (CCR 1017(a)(4)), titled Responsibilities and Requirements of Prescribing Schedule II Opioid Drugs.
Questions?
Dental Learning is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider of Continuing Education Credits
ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education.
ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.
Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to ADA CERP at www.ada.org/goto/cerp.