Prescribing

Your Nurse Practitioner approval includes prescriptive authority for legend drugs and Controlled Substance Schedules II – V consistent with your scope of practice as determined by your educational preparation and national certification.

DEA Numbers

If you are going to prescribe or order controlled substances, you must obtain a DEA number.

• :  www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov
• :  1 (800) 882-9539 (8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. EST)
• :  dea.registration.help@usdoj.gov

Dispensing of Drugs

Information regarding dispensing of drugs other than samples may be obtained from:

North Carolina Board of Pharmacy
P.O. Box 4560
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

:  (919) 246-1050
:  www.ncbop.org