Becker's Hospital Review

Prescribing controlled substances without an in-person exam: The practice of telemedicine under the Ryan Haight Act

As providers are becoming more comfortable with delivering care via telemedicine technologies, many of them are looking to explore services other than low acuity triage consults. One area of patient ...
Reuters

Rescheduling and recreational marijuana: Possible step toward national legalization?

July 02, 2024 - On May 16, 2024, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to the transfer of marijuana from schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act ("CSA" ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Providers increasingly on the hook for employees’ drug thefts

Violations of the Controlled Substance Act — including staff who divert patient medications for themselves — may open providers up to additional False Claims Act liability, warn a group of attorneys ...
JD Supra

Pharmacist Has Key Role in Assessing “Legitimate Medical Purpose” of Controlled Substance Prescriptions

Federal Controlled Substance Act regulations require that prescriptions for controlled substances be issued only for legitimate medical purposes by individual practitioners acting in their usual ...

How states’ moves to call abortion drugs ‘controlled substances’ can make childbirth more dangerous and interfere with legal, safe and necessary healthcare

Medications used to perform abortions are also widely used to treat severe pregnancy complications, as well as several ...
JD Supra

Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Doctor Seeking to Use Mushrooms to Aide Terminal Patients: How We Learned to Question the Rationale of the Controlled Substances Act

It’s funny how things work out – sometimes you find yourself living in a sort of butterfly effect where the tail seems to wag the dog. In 2023, when we first started writing about the traction ...