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As a DEA Pharmaceutical Controlled
Substance consultant, we provide
support to many veterinarians
throughout the country. Many of
these veterinarians work out of
their homes and provide necessary
medical treatment for animals at
the animal's residence. Since the
Use of a
home address
as a principal
place of business
– red flag!
By Jack Teitelman
veterinarian is not practicing medicine
in a traditional medical office, the rules
and regulations that normally apply to
the four walls of the animal clinic now
apply to the veterinarian's principal
place of residence. This guidance
document addresses issues pertaining
to an individual practitioner's use of
their home address as a principal
place of business or professional
practice and the home address
becoming controlled premises subject
to unannounced inspections and
administrative warrants under existing
Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA) regulations.
The DEA knocked on my door at my residence and
demanded to see my drug inventory and then I dropped a
50mL bottle of fentanyl right in front of the DEA agent!
