Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 471 - NEBRASKA MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SERVICES
Chapter 18 - PHYSICIANS' SERVICES
Section 471-18-009 - PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM
Current through September 17, 2024
009.01 GENERAL REQUIREMENT. Each provider prescribing a controlled substance in Nebraska to a Medicaid client must check the prescription drug monitoring program established under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2454 before prescribing a schedule II medication and at dosage adjustment. Provider may delegate checking of the prescription drug monitoring program to a delegate as defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2454 (14)(c).
009.02 EXCEPTION. Good faith exceptions must be documented in the client's medical record and provided upon request to the Department. These requirements do not include a prescription to a client as set forth under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396w-3a and to a resident of a facility where schedule II medications are dispensed to a client through a single pharmacy.
