Dear Tribal Leader:

We are pleased to invite you to a government-to-government consultation with the Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration regarding a final rule on Special Registration for the Prescribing of Controlled Substances via telemedicine. Please see the attached framing paper for more information about the focus of this consultation.

Please note that the consultation discussions will be closed to the press. The consultation discussions will be held virtually as follows:

• Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 3-5 PM EST
• Thursday, April 23, 2026, 3-5 PM EST

If you are interested in attending, please register1 by 5pm Eastern on April 21, 2026.

We strongly encourage written comments, which will be accepted until May 8, 2026. Because this consultation is associated with formal rulemaking processes we are bound to a shorter timeline than Department of Justice consultations generally follow. Tribal feedback on this final rule is very important and we hope you are able to contribute to the discussions and submit written comments.

Please submit comments by email to OTJ@usdoj.gov, or by mail to:
Office of Tribal Justice
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

If you have questions, have difficulty registering, or need any accommodations for the sessions, please contact the Office of Tribal Justice at OTJ@usdoj.gov. We hope you will be able to participate in this government-to-government consultation.