Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XLV - Medical Professions
Subpart 3 - Practice
Chapter 69 - Prescription, Dispensation, and Administration of Medications
Subchapter C - Mandatory Access and Review of Prescription Monitoring Program Data
Section XLV-6935 - Mandatory Access and Review of Prescription Monitoring Program Data; Exceptions
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XLV-6935
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Prior to initially prescribing any opioid to a patient, a prescriber or his/her delegate shall access and review the patients record in the PMP; and
B. If opioids are prescribed to the patient for more than 90 days, the prescriber or his/her delegate shall access and review the record in the PMP at least every 90 days.
C. This Section shall not apply if:
1. the drug is prescribed or administered to
a hospice patient or any other patient who has been diagnosed as terminally
ill;
2. the drug is prescribed or
administered for the treatment of cancer-related chronic or intractable
pain;
3. the drug is ordered or
administered to a patient being treated in a hospital;
4. the PMP is not accessible or not
functioning properly due to an electronic issue. However, the prescriber shall
check the PMP after electronic accessibility has been restored and note the
cause for the delay in the patients chart; or
5. no more than a single seven-day supply of
the drug is prescribed or administered to a patient.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1270, 37:611-37:628, 37:1360.23, and 40:978.
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