New Mandated Training on Opioid or Other Substance Use Disorders for DEA Registration

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. 

The new 8-hour training requirement will go into effect on June 27, 2023 with a required affirmation that the training has been completed for all for initial and renewing registrations.

Per a letter released from the DEA:

How will practitioners be asked to report satisfying this new training requirement?

• Beginning on June 27, 2023, practitioners will be required to check a box on their online DEA registration form—regardless of whether a registrant is completing their initial registration application or renewing their registration—affirming that they have completed the new training requirement.

What is the deadline for satisfying this new training requirement? 

• The deadline for satisfying this new training requirement is the date of a practitioner’s next scheduled DEA registration submission—regardless of whether it is an initial registration or a renewal registration—on or after June 27, 2023.
• This one-time training requirement affirmation will not be a part of future registration renewals.
  
  

To read the letter in full which also includes more details about what qualifies as acceptable training, CLICK HERE.

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FREE TRAINING RESOURCES:

Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS)
PCSS is a national training and clinical mentoring project developed in response to the prescription opioid misuse epidemic and the availability of pharmacotherapies to treat opioid use disorder.
PCSS offers multiple FREE modules with approved CE credit including SUD Core Curriculum topics and an 8-hour Medications For Addiction Treatment Training.
https://pcssnow.org/courses/

PriMed
PriMed offers various free accredited online training options, 0.25 to 1.33 hours in length, some with corresponding pharmacology content.
https://www.pri-med.com/topic/opioid-cme

New England Journal of Medicine
NEJM is offering a free online training that satisfies the 8-hour training.
https://knowledgeplus.nejm.org/cme-moc/pain-management-and-opioids-cme/


For AANP Members
Current AANP members can access the AANP CE center and search for approved CE for topics related to substance use disorder.
https://www.aanp.org/practice/clinical-resources-for-nps/clinical-resources-by-therapeutic-area/substance-use-disorder