DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION ISSUES RULE: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUBSTANCE USE-DISORDER PREVENTION THAT PROMOTES OPIOID RECOVERY AND TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS AND COMMUNITIES ACT OF 2018: DISPENSING AND ADMINISTERING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a rule called: Implementation of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention That Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018: Dispensing and Administering Controlled Substances for Medication-Assisted Treatment.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on June 9 by Heather Achbach, Federal Register Liaison Officer, Drug Enforcement Administration.

Summary: The "Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018 (the SUPPORT Act), " which became law on October 24, 2018, amended the Controlled Substances Act to expand the conditions a practitioner must meet to provide medic...