DEA Medication Access and Training Expansion ( MATE ) Act
Under the federal MATE Act of 2022 , all practitioners applying for or renewing a DEA registration must have a minimum of eight hours training on :
• the treatment and management of patients with opioid or other substance use disorders , or
• safe pharmacological management of dental pain .
Beginning June 27 , 2023 , practitioners will be required to affirm on their initial or renewal DEA application whether they have completed the one-time training . The date in which practitioners must complete the one-time training depends on each practitioner ’ s renewal deadline or date they initially apply .
According to the DEA :
• Training can occur in multiple sessions .
• Previous training from a qualified entity before the law ’ s effective date of December 22 , 2022 , will count .
• Training may take place in-person or virtually .
• Practitioners who completed eight hours of relevant coursework at an accredited dental school within five years of June 27 , 2023 , automatically satisfy the requirement .
It is also important to note that Pennsylvania ’ s own requirement for dentists to obtain two hours of opioid-related CE will count toward the DEA ’ s new one-time eight-hour training requirement .
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