Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2220 - State Board of Pharmacy
Chapter 2 - General Rules
Section 20 CSR 2220-2.300 - Record Confidentiality and Disclosure
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is being amended pursuant to Executive Order 17-03 to remove unnecessary/duplicative rule language and to authorize disclosure of confidential records as allowed by state and federal law.
(1) Prescription records, physician orders and other records related to any patient care or medical condition(s) of a patient that are maintained by a pharmacy in accordance with section 338.100, RSMo shall be considered confidential. Adequate security shall be maintained over such records in order to prevent any indiscriminate or unauthorized use of any written, electronic or verbal communications of confidential information.
(2) Confidential records may only be released to-
(3) This rule does not change or otherwise alter the authority of the board, its inspectors or other authorized designees to review, inspect, copy or take possession of any such records.
(4) Methods to access, transmit, store, analyze, or purge confidential information shall be implemented using procedures generally recognized as secure by experts qualified by training and experience. Procedures shall be in place to ensure that purged confidential information cannot be misused or placed into active operation without appropriate authorization as provided in this rule. Internet connectivity or remote access tied directly to systems containing confidential information must be secure.
*Original authority: 338.100, RSMo 1939, amended 1971, 1990, 1997, 1999; 338.140, RSMo 1939, amended 1981, 1989, 1997; 338.280, RSMo 1951, amended 1971, 1981.