DEA Inspections Are Not the Only Regulatory Risk for Controlled Substance Management at Your Veterinary Facility
When people discuss controlled substance inspections, the conversation almost always centers around the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). While DEA oversight is critically important, it is a mistake for veterinary facilities to view compliance strictly through a federal lens. In reality, multiple regulatory bodies have the authority to inspect veterinary facilities, and in many cases their requirements are more stringent than federal DEA rules.
As 2025 Comes to an End, Let’s Take A Look Back at the Most Frequently Cited DEA Compliance Issues
As 2025 wraps up, it’s a perfect time for DEA registrants, especially those in veterinary medicine, to reflect on recordkeeping practices, storage procedures, and overall controlled-substance compliance. Unlike OSHA, the DEA does not publish an annual “Top 10” violation list, but inspection trends consistently reveal the same weak points year after year.
Don’tToss Those Records Yet!
Across the United States, veterinary practices struggle with one of the most overlooked, but most dangerous, compliance challenges: record retention. Every practice knows they must keep records… but for how long?
Regulatory Readiness – Why Tribal Knowledge Isn’t Enough
In many veterinary clinics and smaller human healthcare practices, regulatory compliance isn’t always someone’s full-time job. More often than not, the responsibility of managing DEA, OSHA, or state specific regulations gets handed off as a secondary duty, given to the most organized person in the building, or the one who’s “done it before.” While this […]