DEA Issues Final Rule Amending Controlled Substance Registration Fee Schedule

The Drug Enforcement Administration issued a final rule, effective April 16, 2012, amending 21 CFR Parts 1301 and 1309 to adjust the fee schedule for DEA registration and reregistration fees necessary to recover the costs of the Diversion Control Program relating to the registration and control of the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, importation, and exportation of controlled substances and List I chemicals as mandated by the Controlled Substances Act.