US_DEA (US - DEA Registration Number)

Property	Value
A technical identifier, unique in a certain context. Technical key	US_DEA
The country a linked concept is active or generally relevant for. Country scope	US (United States of America)
Language-specific name. Monolingual name	DEA Registration Number (en)
Language-specific short name. Monolingual short name	US - DEA Registration Number (en)
Informal and comprehensive human-readable definition of a concept. Description	A DEA number (DEA Registration Number) is an identifier assigned to a health care provider (such as a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, optometrist, podiatrist, dentist, or veterinarian) by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration allowing them to write prescriptions for controlled substances. DEA numbers consist of two letters, six numbers, and one check digit. DEA numbers are smart numbers meaning some of the digits have meaning: The first letter is a code identifying the type of registrant A – Deprecated B – Hospital/Clinic C – Practitioner D – Teaching institution E – Manufacturer F – Distributor G – Researcher H – Analytical lab J – Importer K – Exporter L – Reverse distributor M – Mid level practitioner P – Narcotic Treatment Program R – Narcotic Treatment Program S – Narcotic Treatment Program T – Narcotic Treatment Program U – Narcotic Treatment Program X – Suboxone/Subutex Prescribing Program The second letter is the first letter of the registrant's last name, or "9" for registrants using a business address instead of name.
Category of business identifiers. Identifier category	Identification Number

Formal definition

Details	Informal and comprehensive human-readable definition of a concept. Description	The type in terms of a categorization of regular expressions. Regular expression type	TThe formal expression of a regular expression. Regular expression
0000000000Y7PFBMX2DBW6JG3S	Specifies the allowed formats for the DEA Registration Number (United States)	IDENTIFIER_FORMAT	^[A-Za-z]{2}\d{7}$

Data quality rules

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