House Introduces Bill to Require CME for Controlled Substance Prescribing

House of Representatives member Representative Susan W. Brooks recently introduced the ADAPT Act of 2018. The ADAPT Act (Abuse Deterrent and Prescriber Training Act of 2018) is an attempt to require training for prescribers of controlled substances. The bill would amend the Controlled Substances Act to include a requirement for all practitioners who are licensed under State law to prescribe controlled substances in Schedule II, III, IV, or V, a written certification that the practitioner has completed 3 hours of training under a specific training program, in all registration or renewal requests. The training program will meet the requirements only if it includes information on the following: safe opioid prescribing guidelines, including the Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the risks of opioid medications and other prescription drugs that are controlled substances; pain management, including the need to provide individualized care particularly for active cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care; early detection of opioid and other substance use disorders; the risks of prescribing opioids to any individual in recovery from a substance use disorder; a basic understanding of addiction; the treatment of opioid-dependent patients and their treatment options; the risks of misuse of all prescription drugs that are controlled substances; and alternative non-opioid pain management me...
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