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Acceptable Documentation of DEA Registration Status
ALERT: Acceptable Documentation
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DEA Registration Status
TO DISTRIBUTORS OF LIST I CHEMICALS:
March 1999
The purpose of this Alert is to report
recent developments in chemical diversion to industry. It is DEA's
intention to provide Alert summaries periodically in order to assist
industry in complying with legislation.
It has come to our attention that some persons are circumventing the
registration system and fraudulently obtaining List I chemicals. These
persons are forging registration applications (DEA Form 510), back
dating them to before the applicable exemption deadlines (11/13/95 for
non-exempt all List I chemicals; 7/12/97 for combination ephedrine drug
products; and 12/03/97 for pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine drug
products). Copies of these falsified 510's are then presented to
suppliers in order to obtain List I chemicals. Suppliers know that
persons who submitted applications prior to the applicable deadline can
continue to conduct business until the applications are acted upon by
DEA. Many suppliers have been accepting these 510 copies as indication
that the presenting companies are in compliance with the statute and
regulations. This practice does not represent valid compliance with
verification requirements.
DEA is alerting suppliers that copies of DEA Form 510 are not
acceptable identification for sales of List I chemicals. Suppliers
should only accept a registration certificate or, for companies with
pending applications that were submitted prior to the applicable
deadlines, a letter from DEA showing the firm's DEA chemical
registration control number and a statement authorizing the firm to
continue business until the registration application is approved by DEA.
If a supplier receives documentation that is questionable, contact the
nearest DEA Diversion Group by telephone.
Such proposed transactions should be considered suspicious and
reportable.
DEA provides quarterly registration status updates to the Department
of Commerce for the National Technical Information Systems (NTIS). Any
interested party can purchase this information directly from NTIS at
1-800-553-6847.
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