S.Amdt. 3398

SA 3398. Mr. UDALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE TRAINING AND SCREENING
PROGRAMS.

A practitioner who registers or renews a registration under
section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
823(f)) shall, at the time of registering, certify to the
Attorney General that such practitioner has completed
continuing medical education or nursing continuing education,
as applicable--
(1) in the case of a practitioner registering for the first
time, with respect to prescription drug abuse; and
(2) in the case of a practitioner renewing a registration,
with respect to medical understanding of the proper use of
all drugs listed in the schedules under section 202 of the
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812).
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