It’s October 1, and that means this month is the deadline for the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to issue its final rules on special registration for telemedicine. The SUPPORT Act, signed into law on October 24, 2018, gave the DEA one year to promulgate regulations specifying the circumstances under which special registration may be obtained and the procedure for doing so. When finalized, special registration should give telehealth providers significantly more flexibility to prescribe controlled substances without first performing in-person exams.

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