Controlled Substances Part 1 - Compliance Checkup: A DEA Health Assessment for Your Veterinary Practice
Event Details
Presented by: Courtney VanDoren
This interactive webinar provides veterinary professionals with a structured approach to assessing and improving their practice's DEA compliance. Participants will learn to evaluate their current compliance status using a "compliance health" framework, covering key areas such as regulatory research, self-assessment, immediate action steps, and preventive strategies. The session includes guidance on utilizing compliance checklists and health score charts, along with a mock exam of a sample hospital to illustrate practical application. The goal is to equip attendees with actionable steps to achieve and maintain optimal DEA compliance.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify and utilize resources for researching essential DEA regulations and legal requirements relevant to veterinary practice.
- Conduct a self-assessment of their practice's DEA compliance status using a provided compliance checklist and health score chart.
- Categorize their practice's compliance health (e.g., critical, serious, fair, excellent) based on assessment findings.
- Develop and implement immediate action steps to address identified compliance deficiencies.
- Formulate and apply preventive care strategies to ensure ongoing DEA compliance.
- Apply the compliance assessment process through a mock exam of a sample veterinary hospital.
- Create a compliance preventive care schedule to facilitate long-term maintenance of compliance health
For More Information:
Courtney VanDoren is the Education Coordinator at VetSnap and has spent over a decade in the veterinary field. She has been teaching and advising on controlled-substance compliance for several years, helping veterinary teams translate DEA and regulatory requirements into practical, real-world workflows that support audit readiness, reduce risk, and fit seamlessly into daily clinical operations.