124.551 - INFORMATION PROGRAM FOR DRUG PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING.
124.551 INFORMATION PROGRAM FOR DRUG PRESCRIBING AND
DISPENSING.
Contingent upon the receipt of funds pursuant to section 124.557
sufficient to carry out the purposes of this division, the board, in
conjunction with the advisory council created in section 124.555,
shall establish and maintain an information program for drug
prescribing and dispensing. The program shall collect from
pharmacies dispensing information for controlled substances
identified pursuant to section 124.554, subsection 1, paragraph
"g". The information collected shall be used by prescribing
practitioners and pharmacists on a need-to-know basis for purposes of
improving patient health care by facilitating early identification of
patients who may be at risk for addiction, or who may be using,
abusing, or diverting drugs for unlawful or otherwise unauthorized
purposes at risk to themselves and others, or who may be
appropriately using controlled substances lawfully prescribed for
them but unknown to the practitioner. For purposes of this division,
"prescribing practitioner" means a practitioner who has
prescribed or is contemplating the authorization of a prescription
for the patient about whom information is requested, and
"pharmacist" means a practicing pharmacist who is actively
engaged in and responsible for the pharmaceutical care of the patient
about whom information is requested. The board shall collect, store,
and disseminate program information consistent with security criteria
established by rule, including use of appropriate encryption or other
industry-recognized security technology. The board shall seek any
federal waiver necessary to implement the provisions of the program.
Section History: Recent Form
2006 Acts, ch 1147, §2, 11
Referred to in § 22.7 Footnotes
For future repeal of this section effective June 30, 2011, see
2009 Acts, ch 36, § 3