Hello,
Just seeing if any new DDS out there has encountered this and found an answer. I am waiting for a call back from my local DEA rep, but maybe someone already has the answer.
The new policy for DEA licenses is that you must have a practice location address associated with your DEA license (and application). I.e., a home address is unacceptable.
The complication for me is, I have no practice location (I am seeking employment), yet, I am getting set up with a dental temp agency to do temp work, and many of the possible locations would prefer a dentist with a current DEA license. So, I am in a catch-22 of sorts: I need a DEA license to get the job, but need a job to get the DEA license. The address must be the place, or a place, where I would dispense the drugs.
The national hotline rep said to use a location address that I might potentially work at, but this seems too...risky, or otherwise unwise.
Anyone been in a similar situation (this is a new policy, you used to be able to use your home address)?
The annoying thing is that I usually use Motrin for extractions, etc., anyway ;-)! Any ideas would be helpful, and I will post the explanation I get from the local rep when (if) I get it.
Here is the applicable link (for "locum tenens" or temping):
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/fed_regs/rules/2009/fr1028.htm
Just seeing if any new DDS out there has encountered this and found an answer. I am waiting for a call back from my local DEA rep, but maybe someone already has the answer.
The new policy for DEA licenses is that you must have a practice location address associated with your DEA license (and application). I.e., a home address is unacceptable.
The complication for me is, I have no practice location (I am seeking employment), yet, I am getting set up with a dental temp agency to do temp work, and many of the possible locations would prefer a dentist with a current DEA license. So, I am in a catch-22 of sorts: I need a DEA license to get the job, but need a job to get the DEA license. The address must be the place, or a place, where I would dispense the drugs.
The national hotline rep said to use a location address that I might potentially work at, but this seems too...risky, or otherwise unwise.
Anyone been in a similar situation (this is a new policy, you used to be able to use your home address)?
The annoying thing is that I usually use Motrin for extractions, etc., anyway ;-)! Any ideas would be helpful, and I will post the explanation I get from the local rep when (if) I get it.
Here is the applicable link (for "locum tenens" or temping):
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/fed_regs/rules/2009/fr1028.htm
