Law360, New York (April 15, 2015, 4:31 PM EDT) -- Pill counts and filling out medication logs may not generate rave patient reviews or boost the earnings of a medical practice. But, the performance of these mundane tasks promotes the priorities of patient safety, ensuring a ready supply of medications at a practice location to optimize patient care and deterrence of theft and diversion. Accurate and consistent controlled substance record keeping also may shortcut an audit or diversion investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration where the registrant has complied with the law and is not at fault. Ultimately, the responsibility for proper dispensing, prescribing and record keeping rests with registrant practitioner, who should be knowledgeable of the following DEA regulatory fundamentals.[1]...