# Expansion of Induction of Buprenorphine via Telemedicine Encounter
> **Proposed Rule** · Notice of proposed rulemaking. · Published 2023-03-01 · 88 FR 12890
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-04217
- **Category:** other
- **Type:** Proposed Rule
- **Action:** Notice of proposed rulemaking.
- **Citation:** 88 FR 12890
- **Publication date:** 2023-03-01
## Abstract

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is amending its regulations, in concert with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to expand the circumstances under which individual practitioners are authorized to prescribe schedule III-V narcotic drugs or combinations of such drugs that have been approved for use in continuous medical treatment (also referred to as maintenance) or withdrawal management treatment (also referred to as detoxification)-- via a telemedicine encounter, including an audio-only telemedicine encounter.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/01/2023-04217/expansion-of-induction-of-buprenorphine-via-telemedicine-encounter)
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