Controlled Substance Registration

Practitioners listed below who dispense, administer, or prescribe controlled substances in South Dakota must have a South Dakota Controlled Substance Registration and federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration. Entities listed below who manufacture, use or distribute controlled substances in South Dakota must also have a South Dakota Controlled Substance Registration.

• Physician
• Veterinarian
• Optometrist*
• Nurse Practitioner**
• Osteopathic Physician
• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist****
• Pharmacy***
• Podiatrist
• Dentist
• Certified Nurse Midwife**
• Physician Assistant**
• Manufacturer
• Analytical Lab
• Teaching Institution
• Distributor
• Animal Euthanasia
• Researcher

*(South Dakota Codified Law) SDCL 36-7-1 limits optometrists to oral analgesics. This includes Schedule II Narcotic, Schedule III Narcotic, and Schedule IV.

**SDCL 36-9A (nurse practitioners) and SDCL 36-4A (physician assistants) grant specific prescriptive authority for controlled substances.

***Hospitals must have a licensed pharmacy

****Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist SDCL 36-9 (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists)

A South Dakota Controlled Substance Registration will be automatically suspended if the holder:

• fails to maintain the appropriate professional license

• fails to maintain DEA registration in South Dakota

• discontinues professional practice in South Dakota changes name/ address without notifying the South Dakota Department of Health

SD law requires the following prescriber roles with a South Dakota Controlled Substance Registration (SD CSR) to register with the South Dakota Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (SD PDMP): MD, DO, DMD/DDS, OD, DPM, PA, CNP, CNM, and CRNA.

**Please note that if you already have an active SD PDMP account, no further action is required to be compliant with this SD law.**

To complete this legal requirement, you will need a SD DEA number which is issued after receiving your SD CSR. After receiving your SD DEA number, log in to "Create an Account". You may also visit the SD PDMP to access a quick user guide for account registration and a user support guide.

Questions on the SD PDMP may be emailed to sdpdmp@state.sd.us or call 605-362-2737.

Register with SD PDMP

Contact the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration at 888-803-1179 for registration fees and application information for a DEA Controlled Substances Registration.

Any controlled substance registration can be primary source verified online. You are able to conduct verifications by alpha or numerical search. Verifications of the new SD controlled substance registrations can be done online by registrant name, SD registration number, or business name.

• Renewal and application for controlled substance registration:
  Providers must first complete the state Controlled Substance Registration application before the DEA will issue a new DEA number, transfer your DEA number, or renewing your South Dakota State Controlled Substance Registration. The SD Department of Health does not send a new or renewal application form by mail. Instead, an electronic reminder will be emailed to the address on file. You are responsible for updating your contact email information, renewing your registration, and updating your medical license number and expiration date. If a renewal application is submitted in a timely manner prior to expiration, the registrant may continue operations authorized by the registration beyond the expiration date until final action is taken on the renewal application. The DEA allows the renewal of an expired registration one calendar month after the expiration date. If a registration is not renewed within the that calendar month, an application for both a new DEA registration and state registration will be required.
• A New DEA number Originating in South Dakota for Practitioners:
  Two applications for DEA number originating in South Dakota must be completed, one state application and one federal application. Starting June 1, 2022, providers must complete the state application prior to completing your Federal DEA Registration application.
• Moving an Existing DEA Number to South Dakota:
  For health care practitioners, you must first complete the state application first before the DEA will allow you to transfer your number to South Dakota. When applying for a new state and federal registration number originating in South Dakota (that is, you do not have a DEA number to move to South Dakota), please write "pending" on the electronic application where it asks for a DEA number. You must also apply to the DEA for a new DEA number at the same South Dakota address (hence, two applications for DEA number originating in South Dakota must be completed, one state application and one federal application).

Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances

DEA Diversion Unit handling South Dakota, ask to speak with a Diversion Investigator:
DEA Omaha Division Office: 402-965-3600

Federal DEA Alert

• https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugreg/index.html
• Renewal Applications Online

An electronic reminder to renew will be sent to the email address associated with the DEA registration. At this time, DEA will otherwise retain its current policy and procedures with respect to renewal and reinstatement of registration. This policy is as follows:

• If a renewal application is submitted in a timely manner prior to expiration, the registrant may continue operations, authorized by the registration, beyond the expiration date until final action is taken on the application.

• DEA allows the reinstatement of an expired registration for one calendar month after the expiration date. If the registration is not renewed within that calendar month, an application for a new DEA registration will be required.

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