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Opioid Medication - Continuing Education Opportunities: Resources

Prescribers of Opioid Medications

DEA Notification to Registered Practitioners

"On December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 enacted a new one-time, eight-hour training requirement for all Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-registered practitioners on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders." 

Click the following link for the full DEA document, including detailed information on this new requirement: 
https://deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/docs/MATE_Training_Letter_Final.pdf

Link to Section 1263 of House Bill 2617, the "Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023" - Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act

Click HERE for Frequently Asked Questions about this DEA requirement (FAQs for ADA members and healthcare providers in general)

The Resources Listed Below will Assist Registered Practitioners in Fulfilling this Eight-Hour Training Requirement.

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Free Resources for DEA Training Requirement

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Training Resources Available through the INTEGRIS Health Medical Library

Gain CME Credit for the DEA Requirement through UpToDate

Practitioners can earn CME credit to fulfill the DEA requirement by accessing the INTEGRIS Health UpToDate subscription as follows:

  1. Access UpToDate via the following address while on the INTEGRIS Network - http://www.uptodate.com/
  2. Create an account: Click the "Register" button in the upper right corner of the screen.
  3. Use your INTEGRIS Health associated e-mail address when filling out the personal information fields
  4. After creating and verifying your account, navigate to https://www.uptodate.com/cme/settings
  5. Choose the AMA PRA Category 1 Credit option.
  6. Begin collecting CME credit for the DEA requirement by reading through the following and similar topics while logged into UpToDate (the site automatically tracks your use and awards CME credit):

Collect CME through use of ClinicalKey for DEA Requirements

How to earn CME through the use of full-text resources in the INTEGRIS Health subscription to the ClinicalKey database:

  1. Access ClinicalKey via the following address while on the INTEGRIS Network - http://www.clinicalkey.com/
  2. Create an account: Click the "Register" link in the upper right corner of the screen.
  3. Use your INTEGRIS Health associated e-mail address when filling out the personal information fields
  4. After creating and verifying your account, return to http://www.clinicalkey.com/  - make sure you are logged in - your name should appear in the upper right corner of the screen (ClinicalKey will only tract CME if you are logged in).
  5. Begin collecting CME credit for the DEA requirement by reading through the following items and similar literature: