Sec. 901. 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 opioids for the treatment of pain, or pain management, a practitioner described in paragraph
(1)shall comply with the 12-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 12 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. . 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. ). There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.
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