[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 2, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1234]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3398. Mr. UDALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award 
grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse 
and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE TRAINING AND SCREENING 
                   PROGRAMS.

       A practitioner who registers or renews a registration under 
     section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
     823(f)) shall, at the time of registering, certify to the 
     Attorney General that such practitioner has completed 
     continuing medical education or nursing continuing education, 
     as applicable--
       (1) in the case of a practitioner registering for the first 
     time, with respect to prescription drug abuse; and
       (2) in the case of a practitioner renewing a registration, 
     with respect to medical understanding of the proper use of 
     all drugs listed in the schedules under section 202 of the 
     Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812).
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