Sec. 4. Practitioner education
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Section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 823(f) ) is amended by inserting after paragraph
(5)the following: The applicant's compliance with the training requirements described in subsection (g)(3) during any previous period in which the applicant has been subject to such training requirements. . Section 303(g) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 823(g) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: To be registered to prescribe or otherwise dispense methadone or other opioids, a practitioner described in paragraph
(1)shall comply with the 16-hour training requirement of subparagraph
(B)at least once during each 3-year period. The training requirement of this subparagraph is that the practitioner has completed not less than 16 hours of training (through classroom situations, seminars at professional society meetings, electronic communications, or otherwise) with respect to— the treatment and management of opioid-dependent patients; pain management treatment guidelines; and early detection of opioid addiction, including through such methods as Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), that is provided by the American Society of Addiction Medicine, the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, the American Medical Association, the American Osteopathic Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Pain Management, the American Pain Society, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the American Board of Pain Medicine, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, or any other organization that the Secretary determines is appropriate for purposes of this subparagraph. . Effective July 1, 2014, a physician practicing in an opioid treatment program shall comply with the requirements of section 303(g)(3) of the Controlled Substances Act (as added by subsection (a)) with respect to required minimum training at least once during each 3-year period. In this section, the term opioid treatment program has the meaning given such term in section 8.2 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation). The Drug Enforcement Administration shall fund the enforcement of the requirements specified in section 303(g)(3) of the Controlled Substances Act (as added by subsection (a)) through the use of a portion of the licensing fees paid by controlled substance prescribers under the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq. ).
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