DEA Licensing Renewal Notification Change
Published January 20, 2017
Source: Montgomery County Medical Society
In mid-December, the DEA announced sweeping changes to its registration renewal process. After receiving expressions of concern from the medical community, the DEA reversed most of those changes. Here’s what you need to know:
What's Changing:
- Effective January 1, 2017, the DEA will no longer send its second renewal notification by mail
- Instead, an electronic reminder to renew will be sent to the email address associated with the DEA registration
What's Staying the Same:
- If a renewal application is submitted in a timely manner prior to expiration, the registrant may continue operations, authorized by the registration, beyond the expiration date until final action is taken on the application.
- DEA allows the reinstatement of an expired registration for one calendar month after the expiration date. If the registration is not renewed within that calendar month, an application for a new DEA registration will be required
- Regardless of whether a registration is reinstated within the calendar month after expiration, federal law prohibits the handling of controlled substances or List 1 chemicals for any period of time under an expired registration