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May 1 2024

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 Categories:  Special Features The Board is seeking feedback from licensees on how they typically view NCMB information and resources. Please take this… Read More…
Apr 30 2024

Is buprenorphine subject to the STOP Act’s prescribing limits?

 Categories:  Special Features Recently NCMB has received inquiries about whether prescriptions for buprenorphine that are written for the treatment of… Read More…
Dec 18 2023

NCMB’s wish for you: a safe holiday season

 Categories:  Special Features It’s a worrying annual tradition: each year, NCMB notes an increase in reports of licensee arrests for drinking and… Read More…
Jun 6 2023

New training requirement for DEA registrants focuses on SUD

 Categories:  Announcements, Special Features NCMB has received inquiries about a new federal training requirement that affects all prescribers with a valid DEA… Read More…
Apr 28 2023

Managing challenges with NC DAVE

 Categories:  Special Features Effective Jan. 1, 2022, all clinicians who certify deaths have been expected to complete death certificates online using… Read More…
Feb 22 2023

Prescribing medication for addiction treatment: now with no waivers and no limits

 Categories:  Special Features Recently, NCMB has received inquiries from licensees regarding changes to the prescribing of buprenorphine to patients… Read More…
Jan 2 2020

Trending Topic: E-prescribing of controlled substances

 Categories:  Special Features The provision of the STOP Act of 2017 that requires certain controlled substances to be prescribed electronically takes… Read More…
Aug 30 2019

A brief introduction to MAT for opioid use disorder

 Categories:  Special Features MAT may just be the “buzziest” term in medicine. Anyone who follows the opioid overdose epidemic and efforts to… Read More…
Aug 30 2019

Project ECHO: Support for MAT providers, new and established

 Categories:  Special Features Getting started with medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder can be an intimidating prospect,… Read More…
Aug 19 2019

Q & A with Dr. Jana Burson: Elements of quality MAT

 Categories:  Special Features Clinicians who are unfamiliar with addiction medicine are sometimes skeptical about the value of opioid treatment… Read More…
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