Attention, Controlled Substance Prescribers: DEA Changes Renewal Notice Policy, Threatens to Eliminate Renewal Grace Period

If your DEA renewal application is not received prior to the expiration of your DEA registration, you will not be allowed to handle controlled substances, and you may be required to submit an application for a new DEA registration. This will affect your employment status, and the presumptions afforded to a renewing applicant will not be provided.

What is the DEA Renewal Notice Change About?

The DEA recently announced that starting January 1, 2017, it will only send out one renewal notification to current registrants.

The renewal notification will be sent to the “mail to” address for each DEA registrant approximately 65 days prior to the expiration date. No other reminders to renew the DEA registration will be mailed.

DEA registrants have until midnight Eastern Standard Time prior to the expiration of their DEA registration to file a timely renewal request.

What About the Grace Period?

The DEA previously announced that it would do away with the grace period, which previously allowed practitioners to renew their DEA registration after its expiration. However, the DEA subsequently decided that it will allow reinstatement of an expired DEA registration, so long as the DEA registration is renewed within one calendar month of its expiration.

Registrants who fail to renew within the one-month expiry will have their DEA registration retired and will need to apply for a new DEA registration if they wish to handle controlled substances.

DEA registrants who fail to submit a renewal by the expiration date will not be able to handle controlled substances once their DEA registration expires.

When You Are Having Conflicts, Complications with the DEA, Let the National Healthcare Lawyers at Chapman Law Group Assist

Chapman Law Group represents DEA registrants all over the U.S. with DEA matters, including DEA application denials, DEA revocations, DEA enforcement actions, and DEA diversion allegation. We have extensive experience in defending health professionals faced with criminal charges, including:

- Health care fraud, including false claims, kickbacks, fee-splitting, patient brokering and Stark
- Medicaid fraud
- Medicare fraud
- Home health care fraud
- DEA matters
- Drug diversion
- Qui tam and whistleblower actions
- False Claims Act
- Anti-Kickback (federal and state specific)

We represent licensed medical professionals, including:

For more than three decades, we have provided top legal service for licensed healthcare professionals across the U.S. Our offices are in Detroit (where we serve Dearborn, Troy, Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids, and the rest of Michigan); Miami and Sarasota, Florida (for Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, West Palm Beach, and all of Florida); Los Angeles/Southern California; and Chicago.

When you’re facing actions that threaten your DEA registration, we are here to fight them. Contact us today and let us put our expertise to work for you.

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Attention, Controlled Substance Prescribers: DEA Changes Renewal Notice Policy, Threatens to Eliminate Renewal Grace Period

What is the DEA Renewal Notice Change About?

What About the Grace Period?

When You Are Having Conflicts, Complications with the DEA, Let the National Healthcare Lawyers at Chapman Law Group Assist

Need an Attorney? Contact us now!

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