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Hey guys - I'm licensed in three different states and actually work actively in all three, but 90% of my shifts are in one state. Do I need to keep a DEA in all three states?
I contacted someone at the DEA office and was told 'yes', but I spoke to another ER doc this weekend and he told me he only has one from a state he lived in five years ago, and even though he's now in a different state he just renews that one.
The funny thing is, any time a pharmacy calls me about a prescription needing my DEA number, I give them the appropriate state's one, and the only one that ever works is my original one (even though it's from a different state).
I hope that makes sense; just wondering if I need to keep paying > $400/year for all these DEAs if the pharmacies are only recognizing one of them.
I contacted someone at the DEA office and was told 'yes', but I spoke to another ER doc this weekend and he told me he only has one from a state he lived in five years ago, and even though he's now in a different state he just renews that one.
The funny thing is, any time a pharmacy calls me about a prescription needing my DEA number, I give them the appropriate state's one, and the only one that ever works is my original one (even though it's from a different state).
I hope that makes sense; just wondering if I need to keep paying > $400/year for all these DEAs if the pharmacies are only recognizing one of them.