Amends existing law to provide that opioid antagonists dispensed to humans shall be filed with the Board of Pharmacy, to provide that the board shall retain certain information for five years, to provide that pharmacists must register to access the controlled substances prescriptions database, and to revise a definition.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES -- Amends existing law to provide that opioid antagonists dispensed to humans shall be filed with the Board of Pharmacy, to provide that the board shall retain certain information for five years, to provide that pharmacists must register to access the controlled substances prescriptions database, and to revise a definition.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Thepurposeofthisbillistoenhancetheuseandfunctionalityofthestate'sPrescriptionMonitoringProgram ("PMP") database. Specifically, this bill allows medical and pharmacy students to access the PMP as a delegate of a supervising practitioner or pharmacist; limits the Board of Pharmacy's recordkeeping of PMP data to five (5) years; and requires one-time pharmacist registration for free PMP access in a manner similar to what is required for prescribers.
HOW THEY VOTED
House Third Reading
YEA (70)
NAY (0)
Senate Third Reading
YEA (33)
NAY (0)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (2)
LATEST ACTION
Reported Signed by Governor on February 16, 2017 Session Law Chapter 22 Effective: 07/01/2017
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2017
- Chamber
- house
- Status date
- Feb 16, 2017