Sec. 206. Prescriber education
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Section 303 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 823 ), as amended by section 201, is amended— in subsection (f), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking The Attorney General shall register and inserting Subject to subsection (m), the Attorney General shall register ; and by adding at the end the following: In this subsection— the term covered agent or employee means an agent or employee of a covered facility who— prescribes controlled substances for humans under the registration of the facility under this part; and is a medical resident; the term covered facility means a practitioner— that is a hospital or other institution; that is licensed under State law to prescribe controlled substances; and under whose registration under this part agents or employees of the practitioner prescribe controlled substances; the term covered individual practitioner means a practitioner who— is an individual; is not a veterinarian; and is licensed under State law to prescribe controlled substances; and the term specified continuing education topics means— alternatives to opioids for pain management; palliative care; substance use disorder; adverse events; potential for dependence; tolerance; prescribing contraindicated substances; medication-assisted treatment; culturally competent (as defined in section 102 of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 ( 42 U.S.C. 15002 )) services; bias and stigma in prescribing trends; and any other topic that the Attorney General determines appropriate.
As a condition of granting or renewing the registration of a covered individual practitioner under this part to dispense controlled substances in schedule II, III, IV, or V, the Attorney General shall require the practitioner to certify that, during the 3-year period preceding the date of the grant or renewal of registration, the practitioner completed course work or training from an organization accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (commonly known as the ACCME ), or by a State medical society accreditor recognized by the ACCME, that included not fewer than 3 hours of content on the specified continuing education topics.
As a condition of granting or renewing the registration of a covered facility under this part to dispense controlled substances in schedule II, III, IV, or V, the Attorney General shall require the covered facility to certify that the facility does not allow a covered agent or employee to prescribe controlled substances for humans under the registration of the facility unless, during the preceding 3-year period, the covered agent or employee completed course work or training from an organization accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (commonly known as the ACCME ), or a State medical society accreditor recognized by the ACCME, that included not fewer than 3 hours of content on the specified continuing education topics. .
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(m)of section 303 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 823 ), as added by subsection (a), shall apply to any grant or renewal of registration described in such subsection
(m)that occurs on or after the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
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