CMEA Required Training & Self-Certification

For questions contact Help Desk - 1-800-882-9539

Training Required to Sell Drug Products Containing Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine

Retail Vendors (Only one certificate per Retail Store is required)

Mobile Retail Vendor (Self-certification required for each location)

Mail-Order Vendors

Self-Certification (Training Required Prior to Self-Certification)

$21 self-certification fee established for regulated sellers of scheduled listed chemical products (SLCPs) that are not DEA pharmacy registrants

Monthly Self Certification List (Electronically downloadable formatted list of persons who have self-certified)

Law Enforcement Queries Regarding Self-Certification

Law Enforcement Officials should contact the Webmaster at deadiversionwebmaster@dea.gov for access to the CMEA database.

Import and Production Quotas for the List I Chemicals Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine

Final Rule: Import and Production Quotas for Certain List I Chemicals (PDF) (December 3, 2008)

Interim Final Rule: Import and Production Quotas for Certain List I Chemicals (PDF) (July 10, 2007)

Quota Applications

DEA Form 189 - Application For Individual Manufacturing Quota

DEA Form 250 - Application For Procurement Quota

DEA Form 488 - Application for Import Quota for Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, Phenylpropanolamine

Notice of Proposed Revised Assessment of Annual Needs for the List I Chemicals Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine for 2008 (PDF) (June 23, 2008)

Proposed Rule: Registration Requirements for Importers and Manufacturers of Prescription Drug Products Containing Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, or Phenylpropanolamine (PDF) (January 18, 2008)

Notice of Established Assessment of Annual Needs for the List I Chemicals Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine for 2008 (PDF) (December 27, 2007)

Notice of Assessment of Annual Needs for the List I Chemicals Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine for 2008: Proposed (PDF) (September 20, 2007)

Notice of Established Assessment of Annual Needs for the List I Chemicals Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine for 2007 (PDF) (September 20, 2007)

Notice of Assessment of Annual Needs for the List I Chemicals Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine for 2007: Proposed (PDF) (October 19, 2006)

2005 Ephedrine / Pseudoephedrine Legitimate Medical Use Methodology and Final Report (PDF) (July 3, 2007)

Methodology Used in Developing Preliminary Estimates of Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine 2005 Legitimate Use (PDF) (June 26, 2006)