Do Not Forget – January 31, 2019, Deadline!
Section 456.0301, Florida Statutes, requires each prescribing practitioner registered with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and approved to prescribe controlled substances to complete a board approved course on prescribing controlled substances by January 31, 2019. The current law does not allow the Department of Health to renew a license if the licensee does not complete the course by January 31, 2019.
As of last week, only 55.2% of Medical Doctors have completed the approved course or notified the Department of Health that they are not registered with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
As a reminder, the Department of Health must receive from each licensed physician either:
- Confirmation that s/he has completed the required controlled substance prescribing course; or
- Confirmation that s/he is not individually registered with the DEA to prescribe controlled substances
Providers will not be able to renew their license if they do not complete a Florida approved course by January 31, 2019.
If you have not done so already, please follow the steps below to ensure compliance:
- Visit our secure “Online Services” website: http://www.flhealthsource.gov/mqa-services
- Do you already have an account?
- Click “Yes” and log in using your MQA Online Services user ID and password
- Click “No” and follow the instructions provided to complete your one-time account registration
- Once logged in:
- Go to the “Manage My License” section
- Select “Add/Change DEA Registration” in the drop-down list and follow the instructions to indicate if you hold a current registration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
- If you hold a current individual DEA Registration
- You may provide your DEA number
- You MUST complete the CE/CME course by January 31, 2019
- If you are using the DEA registration of an institution or supervisor and do not have an individual DEA registration
- Indicate that you are not registered with the DEA
- You do not have to take the CE/CME course by January 31, 2019
- If you do not have a current individual DEA registration
- Indicate that you are not registered with the DEA
- You do not have to take the CE/CME course by January 31, 2019
- If you hold a current individual DEA Registration
After indicating you are not registered with the DEA then you DO NOT have to take a course on controlled substance prescribing.
Please email Takecontrol@FLhealth.gov if you have any questions.