On February 21, 2019, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), New Single-Sheet Format for U.S. Official Order Form for Schedule I and II Controlled Substances (DEA Form 222). This is the agency’s second attempt at bringing the DEA Form 222 into the 21st Century. In 2007, the agency issued a similar NPRM, but never published a Final Rule.
The current NPRM not only changes the format of the 222, but also proposes “minor procedural changes.” Below is a summary of some of those changes.