NEW! DEA MATE ACT:
Beginning with DEA initial registrations or renewals starting June 27, 2023, all DEA-registered practitioners (with the exception of DVM-only license holders) are required to complete 8 hours of one-time training on the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders.
Mandatory Subjects:
All licensees who are mandatory reporters are required 2 hours in identifying and reporting abuse in children, unless exempt. For all subsequent renewals, licensees are required 1 hour of recertification training every three years.*
All licensees who are mandatory reporters are required 2 hours in identifying and reporting abuse in dependent adults, unless exempt. For all subsequent renewals, licensees are required 1 hour of recertification training every three years.*
A minimum of 2 hours is required in end-of-life care every five years.
Licensees who prescribe opioids are required 2 hours regarding the CDC Guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain every five years.
*Maintains that every mandatory reporter must complete 2 hours of training within six months of employment or self-employment, unless otherwise specified by federal regulations, and requires one hour of additional training every 3 years.
The child and dependent adult abuse trainings can no longer be combined into one 2-hour course. Both the child and dependent adult abuse core trainings will be 2 hours each.
All mandatory reporters are required to take the core (2-hour) training initially, but will be allowed to take a one hour recertification training every three years thereafter so long as they do so prior to the three-year expiration period.