States with Controlled Substance Pharmacy Boards

[Sushirolls]

There are states that have their own additional controlled substance license number, which requires fees, forms, time, and headaches. You still need a DEA number in these states, and the DEA number can't be updated until you get your state based number first...

There are some states that don't have these additional numbers, and the DEA number is good enough.

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[comp1]

Never heard of it, thankfully.

 

[Stagg737]

I don't understand how this would provide any further benefit than PDMPs already in place. No thanks.

 

[wolfvgang22]

This sounds like the worst kind of government jobs program. Redundant and causes more work and inconvenience for others. Can't they just invest in better roads?

 

[Sushirolls]

One License Requirement	Second CS License Requirement
Alaska	Alabama
Arizona	Connecticut
Arkansas	Delaware
California	DC
Colorado	Guam
Florida	Hawaii
Georgia	Idaho
Kansas	Illinois
Kentucky	Indiana
Maine	Iowa
Minnesota	Louisiana
Mississippi	Maryland
Montana	Massachusetts
Nebraska	Michigan
New Hampshire	Missouri
New York	Nevada
North Carolina	New Jersey
North Dakota	New Mexico
Ohio	Oklahoma
Oregon	Puerto Rico
Pennsylvania	Rhode Island
Tennessee	South Carolina
Texas	South Dakota
Vermont	Utah
Virginia	Wyoming
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin

*From a DEA website

 

[Sushirolls]

Can't even draw political correlations from that list.

 

[calvnandhobbs68]

barf what's the point

 

[Sushirolls]

barf what's the point

That's what I'm trying to understand. Trying to keep an open mind. But its hard. Real hard on this one. Any one?

Perhaps a vestigial structure rooted in history?

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

barf what's the point

Here in SC our health department has their own investigation arm (among other things). They're more available than the DEA most times and can be pretty useful. One of my partners got on a first-name basis with our local guy when he took over for a retiring doctor who was a huge candyman.

 

[JKinSC]

Here in SC our health department has their own investigation arm (among other things). They're more available than the DEA most times and can be pretty useful. One of my partners got on a first-name basis with our local guy when he took over for a retiring doctor who was a huge candyman.

You in the Midlands by chance? I can think of a couple that were shut down in the last several years...

 

[Sushirolls]

Okay, so perhaps better funding to stamp out pill mills? I wonder if those states have better for that than the others?

 

[PsyDr]

That's what I'm trying to understand. Trying to keep an open mind. But its hard. Real hard on this one. Any one?

Perhaps a vestigial structure rooted in history?

Shot in the dark: So the state medical board can yank your license, without having to wait for the Feds.

 

[Sushirolls]

Licensures to practice is already state based, so they already have that power.

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

You in the Midlands by chance? I can think of a couple that were shut down in the last several years...

I was for awhile. Plenty of them get shut down in the Upstate though.

In this particular instance I'm just talking about a family doctor who was a bit free with the scheduled drugs.

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

Licensures to practice is already state based, so they already have that power.

In many (most?) states, state board investigations are reactive. Health Departments are more on the proactive side.

 

[PsyDr]

Licensures to practice is already state based, so they already have that power.

The schedule is federally defined. The states likely need a way to link state and federal law.

I'm thinking it's likely the same legal reasoning that makes state define which substances are illicit, despite existing federal laws.

 

[hamstergang]

I'm in NJ where we have this. The paperwork involved is minimal, and it's just $40 every year or 2 I think. But I have no idea why it exists. And if they start to raise the price there is really nothing I can do about it.