New Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Division of Consumer Affairs
Drug Control Unit
124 Halsey Street, 6th Floor, P.O. Box 45045, Newark, NJ 07101
(973) 504-6351
Controlled Dangerous Substance Registration
Instruction sheet
Enclosed is a Controlled Dangerous Substance (C.D.S.) application, which you are required to submit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 24:21-1 et seq. Registration is required for every person who, or firm that, manufactures, prescribes, distributes, dispenses or conducts research or analysis utilizing controlled dangerous substances.
A New Jersey C.D.S. registration is issued only for a New Jersey location. Be sure to include a $40.00 check or money order, payable to “State of New Jersey.” It will take 4-6 weeks to process this application. Your C.D.S. registration will be mailed to the mailing address on file with your professional licensing board.
Please note:
1.If you have a current D.E.A. number in another state and plan to discontinue practice in that state, you may transfer that D.E.A. number to New Jersey by providing the following to the Drug Enforcement Administration, 80 Mulberry Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, (888-356-1071) www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov:
a.a copy of your New Jersey professional license or a verification letter from the licensing board;
b.a copy of your New Jersey C.D.S. registration or a verification letter;
c.a copy of your out-of-state D.E.A. registration; and
d.a letter requesting an address change to the same address that is on your New Jersey C.D.S. registration.
A D.E.A. number is only valid in the state listed on the certificate.
2.If you plan to practice in both New Jersey and the state(s) where you currently hold a D.E.A. registration(s), you must also obtain a D.E.A. registration for New Jersey. Please contact the D.E.A. at the address indicated above and complete the New Jersey application.
3.In order to complete the attached application, please note:
a.A dispenser/prescriber/ practitioner includes medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, dentists, optometrists, veterinarians, and podiatrists. A mid-level dispenser/prescriber/practitioner includes physician assistants, advanced practice nurses and certified nurse midwives. Pharmacies must complete a separate application.
b.Every person or firm handling controlled dangerous substances in New Jersey is required to have both a state and federal registration for that purpose. Federal facilities do not require registration.
c.The address supplied must be current and an actual location where controlled dangerous substances will be stored, prescribed, dispensed, etc. The address cannot be solely a post office box.
d.Dentists and optometrists may only register at the address for which they hold a current registration issued by their board and at which the C.D.S. registration is required pursuant to 3(c) above.
e.Individual practitioner applicants (medical doctors, dentists, veterinarians, etc.) must use their own name, not professional association/corporation or partnership information.
f.Pharmacies are required to use their common trading name (e.g. David Pharmacy), not a business or corporate name.
g.Dispensers/Prescribers must have an active and current New Jersey professional license number. Please write in your New Jersey professional license number in “Section B” of the application.
•Advanced Practice Nurses may prescribe controlled dangerous substances, but may not purchase or maintain any stock supplies of any C.D.S. medication.
•Optometrists are authorized to prescribe/dispense only Schedule III, IV and V controlled substances and must have an O.M. number registered with their board.
4.If more space is required for your response to any question on the application, please submit a separate sheet of paper identifying the section(s) to which you are responding.
If we can be of further assistance, please call 973-504-6351.