§ 873.5. Use of prescription drug monitoring program
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and SafetyEffective: January 3, 2017
Effective: January 3, 2017
35 P.S. § 873.5
§ 873.5. Use of prescription drug monitoring program
To determine whether a patient may be under treatment with an opioid drug product by another health care practitioner, the prescribing health care practitioner shall query the prescription drug monitoring program in accordance with section 8 of the act of October 27, 2014 (P.L. 2911, No. 191),1 known as the Achieving Better Care By Monitoring All Prescriptions Program (ABC-MAP) Act. This section shall not apply to any medication provided to a patient in the course of treatment while undergoing care in an emergency department.
Credits
2016, Nov. 2, P.L. 976, No. 122, § 5, effective in 60 days [Jan. 3, 2017].
Footnotes
35 P.S. § 872.8.
35 P.S. § 873.5, PA ST 35 P.S. § 873.5
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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