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Special Registrations for Telemedicine and Limited State Telemedicine Registrations
The Drug Enforcement Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on January 17, 2025.
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What the agency says
The Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 (the "Ryan Haight Act") generally requires an in-person medical evaluation prior to the issuance of a prescription of controlled substances but provides an exception to this in-person medical evaluation requirement where the practitioner is engaged in the "practice of telemedicine" within the meaning of the Ryan Haight Act. These proposed regulatory changes would establish a Special Registration framework and authorize three types of Special Registration. This proposed rulemaking also provides for heightened prescription, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. DEA believes such changes are necessary to effectively expand patient access to controlled substance medications via telemedicine while mitigating the risks of diversion associated with such expansion. A summary of this rule may be found at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/DEA-2023-0029.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-01099
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking
- Agency
- Justice Department; Drug Enforcement Administration
- Published
- January 17, 2025
- Dates
- Electronic comments must be submitted, and written comments must be postmarked, on or before March 18, 2025. Commenters should be aware that the electronic Federal Docket Management System will not accept comments after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the last day of the comment period. All comments concerning collections of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act must be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on or before March 18, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. DEA-407
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1117-AB40
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 21 CFR 1300; 21 CFR 1301; 21 CFR 1304; 21 CFR 1306
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Chemicals; Drug traffic control; Drugs; Exports; Imports; Prescription drugs; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Security measures
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 58
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