DEA Compliance Consultant, Veterinary Dea License

DEA registration and renewal is smooth sailing in most instances. However, challenges and hurdles can crop up when the DEA chooses to deny the application which can result in a legal hearing. Healthcare professionals like physicians, nurses, physician assistants, dentists, veterinarians and even pharmacists that prescribe, administer or dispense controlled substances are required to possess a valid controlled substance license registration issued by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). New applicants for the Certificate of Registration are required to submit the DEA Form 224 along with the valid documents and it can take four to six weeks for the federal agency to process the registration. The registration has to be renewed at periodic intervals through the DEA Form 224a which can take up to four weeks.   In reality, the DEA takes much longer to issue the registration and applicants are often left waiting for months to even hear from the DEA. While the process usually proceeds smoot...

 Cannabis is one of the most strictly regulated businesses in the United States. Adherence is a heavy burden with inherent risks and severe ramifications, but help is at hand in the form of compliance professionals. Cannabis leads the parade when it comes to controlled substances and the accompanying regulations. Marijuana is banned at the federal level; it is classified as a Schedule I drug and is illegal to use. While the states have deemed marijuana legal, only hemp is federally legal since 2018 as long as it contains than 0.3% THC. Moreover, many states have approved hemp for medicinal use while some have progressed towards permitting recreational use as well. It follows that cannabis in all its forms is mired in a host of controlled substance regulations at the federal, state and local level. The myriad requirements are difficult to understand and even more challenging to follow. And needless to say, even the slightest of irregularities, no matter how inadvertent, can have he...