Section 36-4-22.1 - Board access to premises where medicine practiced--Inspection of drug records andinventories--Refusal as misdemeanor--Confidentiality.
36-4-22.1. Board access to premises where medicine practiced--Inspection of drug records and inventories--Refusal as misdemeanor--Confidentiality. The Board of Examiners, or any of its officers, agents or employees so authorized, may enter and inspect, during business hours, any place where medicine or osteopathy are practiced for the purpose of enforcing this chapter and rules adopted pursuant hereto. The refusal to allow an inspection is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Such inspection may include any medical or drug records, and the copying thereof, and inventories relating to drugs and controlled substances required to be kept under the provisions of chapter 34-20B. The Board of Examiners, its officers, agents and employees shall maintain the confidential nature of any records obtained pursuant to this section.
Source: SL 1973, ch 241, § 6; SL 1989, ch 319; SL 1992, ch 158, § 70.