Please consider changing the requirement for dentists to post their DEA license in a public location.  Doing so only makes it easier for those seeking to forge prescriptions.

I am in agreement with Dr. Blanchard's request.  There is no logical reason for dentist in the Commonwealth to post their DEA license in view of the public. Having it available for insception and certifing that its valid should be enough safeguard patients.  If a doctor has multiple offices it should be enough that it just remain in one location and it be made available upon request, or that he/she be required to log into the DEA website to download a fresh copy.

Please consider changing the requirement for dentists to post their DEA license in a public location.  Doing so only makes it easier for those seeking to forge prescriptions.

To Whom It May Concern:

Please remove the requirement for posting DEA Certificate as its public display creates an opportunity for a DEA number to be in an inappropriate way during a time in which our country is grappling with a prescription drug abuse crisis. 

I support removing the requirement to post one's DEA license. There is no public benefit and does increase the chances of having one's information stolen. 

 The posting  for the public to see the # is a bad idea ."Here it  is now copy it and get some drugs illegally". Finally some common sense creeps into the system! Pass this ASAP.

Please consider and remove the current policy having us to post DEA cert.  It makes it too easy for abusers.

I was surprised by this requirement when it came out and do not believe it to be good practice to post our Dea certificate. I support removal of the requirement to post the Dea certificate. 

This is an excellent issue. This issue should have should have settled before now. Anything we can do to prevent our patients from being tempted to steal access to drug purchase for illegal use should be implemented . My vote

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This would help decrease unauthorized accessibility to my DEA number. Currently anyone could take a picture on their phone of my registration and falsify prescriptions.  

I agree with the petitioner especially with the change in opiod perscription rules. 

I agree the dea certificate should not be posted. There is no benefit to public safety, and drug seekers could use this information to obtain drugs.

I believe we should eliminate the requirement for posting a copy of a dentist's registration issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration to avoid an opportunity for individuals to use the number for illegal purposes.  

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I am against the idea of having to post the DEA certificate in public view. Having the number available to the public is not a safe practice and should only be available to the people/ agencies that need it.

This would be a prudent rule change in a time we are being challenged by government, our profession and our patients to be part of the solution in reducing prescription drug abuse. This change removes one more temptation.

I agree and wholeheartedly support a change to the legislation that will allow us NOT to have to post our DEA information.  It is a security risk to us and the public in the growing epidemic of illegal prescription drug abuse.

Please remove the requirement for posting our DEA license in plain sight, it makes practioners vulernable for idenity theft.

Patients should not be able to get your DEA number off the wall and then pretend to be a staff member and call themselves in a Rx. Maybe redact the number and post the certificate as a compromise.

It is wise to protect our practitioners from thieves.  It's bad enough our patients steal our numbers from the prescriptions we give to them.  The requirement to post our DEA License lacks common sense.

 Eliminate DEA posting.

With the statewide push  to combat opiate abuse, the easier an addict can get information that will help them obtain more drugs illegally, the more chances there are for abuse.  I believe the problem is more basic than reading a number off a certificate, but as long as we have the certificate available for proper authorities, that should be sufficient.  I can't remember any time in my 40+ years in practice that someone questioned if I could prescribe drugs to them and wanted to see my certificate.

Let's not make it too easy to give addicts access to our DEA numbers. They may get it anyway, but there is no sense in just handing it too them.

I believe there are abundant and prudent reasons for eliminating the mandatory posting of DEA license number.  I do realize that the number is freely shown on written prescriptions so the rationale for not posting is somewhat compromised.  If there are valid and evidence-supported reasons for posting this information I am certainly willing to consider them.

Thank you,

M. Bonnie

Please consider eliminating the requirement for posting a copy of a dentist's DEA registration.  This country is facing a prescription opioid crisis, and elimating the requirement will make it more difficult for individuals to use the number for illegal purposes.

I urge the Board to eliminate the posting of DEA registrations.

I believe that the posting of our DEA Certificate does allow addicts to potentially use the information to fruadulently obtain drugs.  In addition to potentially contributing to more opioid abuse, it could contrbute to our personal information being stolen.  If we must post our DEA license, I would propose that we be allowed to make copies and post the copied certificate with the DEA number blacked out.

I believe there is no reason to post our drug license in our office. It only opens up the possibility of faudulent use. This possibility is small but why open up any possibility to fraud. To my knowledge there has not been a patient that has stood in front of my license to verify it. I can not think of any benefit in posting it where all can see.

I support eliminating the requirement to post the DEA license and make it available upon request, in order to avoid possible fraudulent use of the DEA number.  Thank you for your consideration.

Removing the requirement to post the DEA license is something that makes total sense in the current environment of our society.

Please examine eliminating the requirement for dentists in the Commonwealth to display their DEA licenses.  With the prescription opioid epidemic in this country, easier access to a DEA license increases the potential for patients to use this number for illegal purposes and abuse.  Thank you for your consideration.

Displaying the certificate without our DEA number visible makes perfect sense.

Years ago, the military required that I use both my DEA and social security numbers on prescriptions.  An enlisted man was able to find my numbers without me writing a prescription for him, and he used those numbers to acquire a surprising amount of narcotics in military and civilian pharmacies before he was caught.  He also used the information to steal my identity, producing over a year of legal hassles and severe inconvenience.  If anything, we should use a secure network to pharmacies, eliminating paper prescriptions, and keeping the public from having access to this information.  At least we now have the prescription registry, so that we can track abusers before they use us to get more narcotics.

Dr Bonnie made a great point.  Our written prescriptions have the DEA number clearly printed on them, apparently a requirement in Virginia statutes.  Any public posting of the complete DEA number opens the door for fraudulent activity and abuse of controlled substances as well as the "system."  We should be seeking revision of the pharmaceutical regulations as well as the requirement for posting the DEA certificate.  We have seen the change in credit card receipts to only display the last four numbers.  Why wouldn't this serve a similar purpose with the DEA number?

I agree with the petitioner and urge the Board to eliminate the posting of DEA registrations.

Please eliminate the DEA number available to the public.  Just recently, on the front page of the the ADA newsletter , there is a comment by the ADA President that focuses on prescribing opioids safely and effectively.  This  month's ADA journal  presents a paper concerning opioids prescription abuse.  Our concern is not only are we reducing the number of prescriptions of opioids, but we need to protect our right of privacy to our DEA number.       

I am not sure I understand the rationale for requiring the posting of the DEA license. With prescription abuse seemingly at an all-time high, it would make it even easier for unscrupulous, clever people to abuse the system. Requiring the posting of the DEA license with the DEA number makes no sense.

I appreciate Dr. Blanchard's petition and urge the Board to eliminate the requirement to publicly post a copy of our DEA registration.  Espeically considering the drug crisis in America, there is nothing to gain and everything to lose by posting this registration.  Keeping a copy of the registration on file should be more than adequate for proper record keeping and will certainly reduce opportunities for information theft and fraudulent use of that information. 

Please support this petition to eliminate the requirement to post DEA licenses.  In today's world, this policy is obsolete and could even be considered negligent.

I agree with the resolution to do away with the Displaying of our DEA license - and we might really consider how our # is diplayed on our prescription pads -- to be changed like they have done to CC #'s.

I agree with the petition. There is no rational to post the registration while there is potentional for fradulant use.

I support eliminating the requirement to post our DEA license. Thank you.

 I understand the board is trying to make the patients feel safer when a dentist holds a certificate that allow  him/her to prescribe medications. But the board has forgotten about the risks for a dentist when there are hundreds of patients looking for narcotics and will do anything illegal to get them. Please do not make this easy for the drug addicts.

I agree that we should not have to post our DEA license.  We should not make it easy for the drug abuse to continue. 

I see little benefit in a mandatory posting of the provider's DEA license.  Prescription opiod abuse is a significant concern.  Computer programs can make forgeries much easier once specific information is obtained.  Why make it easier for this to occur?  Each provider has earned their priveledge to prescribe scheduled medications.  Why allow potential tainting of their good name by making it easier for ill intended use?  Please promptly remove this requirement.

I see little benefit in the posting of a provider's DEA license.  Prescription opiod abuse is a significant issue but this does nothing to help resolve the situation.  Computer programs can make forgeries much easier if specific information is obtained (like aproviders DEA#).  Why make it easier for this to occur?  Each provider has earned their priveledge to prescribe scheduled medications.  Why allow potential tainting of their good name by making it easier for ill intended use?  Please remove this requirement.

The current requirement to post our DEA license is archaic and counterproductive.  The world has changed.  It is completely illogical to assist any individual desiring to pursue illegal activities with prescription drugs. There is ample evidence in any legal dental office to provide the public with proper verification such as state license to practice and degrees obtained.  Any attempt to keep this requirement is only seeing a tree and not the forest.

I think the idea needs to be thought thru again..  It seems like publically posting the licence doesn't really

accomplish anything and may actually enable some fraud.  Please consider just posting it on an inside

office wall not readily accessible to the casual public.  Thank you.