How can a pharmacist verify if a physician has a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine (Subutex® or Suboxone®) for the treatment of opioid addiction?
Effective July 25, 2005, physicians must include their DATA 2000 waiver ID number on prescriptions for opioid addiction treatment medications. The practitioner’s DEA registration number and the unique identification number (DATA 2000 waiver ID number or “X” number) must be on the prescription 21 CFR 1306.05(a). The identification number is not in lieu of the DEA registration number, it is an addition. If the prescription is telephoned to the pharmacy, the pharmacist must have both of these numbers on the prescription record so the physician can provide the numbers or the pharmacist may have them on file. The SAMHSA Buprenorphine Physician Locator Web site lists the physicians in each State who have DATA 2000 waivers. A physician listed on the site can be considered to have a valid DATA 2000 waiver. Note, however, that the site does not list every physician with a valid waiver, only those who have agreed to be listed on the site. Physicians with valid waivers may choose not to be listed
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