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APRIL 18, 2016

Physician’s Guide to DEA Administrative Inspections

Know your rights when the DEA comes knocking on your door.

By Ronald W. Chapman Sr., and Ronald W. Chapman II

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) employs hundreds of Diversion Investigators to monitor compliance with the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).1 Principal methods for maintaining compliance and determining noncompliance are “inspections” or “audits,” which the DEA has the authority to conduct without a criminal warrant, as established by federal law outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).2

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