Compliance

Registration with the DEA is necessary for physicians and other health care practitioners to write prescriptions for controlled substances. Check out these FAQs on the process.

These are the regulatory agenda items relevant to Pennsylvania physicians.

Get details on the reporting requirements and who is subject to the regulations.

Get details on what the waiver means for prescribers.

​In its preamble to its final-form regulations, Pennsylvania's State Board of Pharmacy made it clear that the regulations do not apply to physicians.

NPDB information can be voided if successfully appealed.

The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) is a government repository that collects, stores, and discloses certain information concerning health care practitioners. Get details on the NPDB, including who can report to and query it.

​The State Board of Medicine allows graduate physician assistants to practice between graduation and certification under a temporary permit. Here's a look at how the temporary permit process works.

​On Dec. 14, 2016, the Pennsylvania State Board of Osteopathic Medicine voted to reduce the number of back-up supervisors that must be reported to the Board for physician assistants.

Pennsylvania's Hepatitis C Screening Act took effect on Sept. 18, 2016. The law requires that hepatitis C testing must be offered to certain individuals. What should physicians and other health care practitioners know about the law?