SME: Director of Pharmacy
Last Review Date: 12/29/2010
Whenever a physician writes a prescription for a controlled drug (other than
Class II), s/he needs a DEA number on the prescription. .
A physician should go to the Pharmacy to request a suffix to the HCPC DEA number prior to writing prescriptions for controlled drugs. The Pharmacy issues a number once the physician has signed an identification log.
The physician must keep the number in a safe place and use it on all prescriptions for controlled drugs written at UTHCPC.
The physician must not use a DEA suffix for the following prescriptions:
 | Issued at another institution for prescriptions written at UTHCPC and vice versa. |
| Do not use this number for Class II prescriptions. Class II prescriptions must be written on a DPS issued prescription pads by the personal holder of the DPS pad. |
If a physician has questions regarding Controlled Drug Number/DEA Suffixes, s/he should contact the following:
| Director, Pharmacy Services |
| Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy Services |
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