New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Nur - Board of Nursing (Formerly the Board of Nursing Education and Nurse Registration)
Chapter Nur 500 - ETHICAL STANDARDS
Part Nur 502 - OPIOID PRESCRIBING
Section Nur 502.06 - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Nur 502.06
Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024
(a) Prescribers required to register with the program under RSA 318-B:31-40, or their delegate, shall query the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to obtain a history of schedule II-IV controlled substances dispensed to a patient, prior to prescribing an initial schedule II, III, and IV opioids for the management or treatment of this patient's pain and then periodically and at least twice per year, except when:
(1) Controlled medications are to be
administered to patients in a health care setting;
(2) The program is inaccessible or not
functioning properly, due to an internal or external electronic issue;
or
(3) An emergency department is
experiencing a higher than normal patient volume such that querying the program
database would materially delay care.
(b) A licensee shall document the exceptions described in (a)(2) and (3) above in the patient's medical record.
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