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New Eight-Hour Training Requirement for all DEA Registered Practitioners

Monday, May 1, 2023   (0 Comments)
Posted by: Leigh Stehlik

On December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 enacted a new one-time, eight-hour training requirement for all Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-registered practitioners on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders. Exceptions include: recent (within 5 years) graduation from training, addiction board certification, previous MAT training. This is a one time training that can be done in combination with other trainings total 8 hours.

For more information, please see: https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/docs/MATE_Training_Letter_Final.pdf