DEA CSA verification

DEA number, schedules, registered address, expiration.

Every 24h Primary source — no aggregator Authority site

Issuing authority: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

What we verify

DEA registration number

Authorized schedules (II–V)

Registered business address

Expiration date

Restrictions or surrenders

Verification rules

How we decide pass / flag / block

01
Registration must be active and unexpired.
02
Registered address must match a current practice location on file.
03
Any surrender, restriction, or revocation is a Blocking discrepancy.
04
Expiration within 60 days surfaces as Material.

Example evidence

Example DEA verification record

Stored alongside the credential with source URL, raw payload hash, and timestamp. Names and IDs below are illustrative.

Verified payload (excerpt)

dea_number

BR1234563

schedules

II, IIN, III, IIIN, IV, V

registered_address

123 Main St, Boston MA 02114

status

Active

expiration

2028-03-31

Refresh cadence

Every 24h

Every 24h via the DEA CSA endpoint and the NTIS DEA Active Registrant file when licensed.

Source-down handling

When the authority is unreachable

If DEA is unreachable, the prior-day cached value is shown with a stale flag; prescribing-eligibility packets are blocked until a fresh read succeeds.

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