Georgia State Profile

Mon, 06/27/2011 - 11:49 |

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PMP Region:

South

Name of Program:

Georgia Prescription Monitoring Program

Agency Name:

Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency

Agency Type:

Law Enforcement Agency

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State Information

State Population:

9,829,211

Number of Pharmacies in State:

2,341

Number of Practitioners/Prescribers:

31,692

Frequency of data collected:

Weekly

Data collected from pharmacies?:

yes

Data collected from dispensing practitioners?:

yes

Drug Schedules Monitored

Schedule II:

yes

Schedule III:

yes

Schedule IV:

yes

Schedule V:

yes

Who May Request Patient Information?

Prescribers:

yes

Pharmacists:

yes

Pharmacies:

no

Law Enforcement:

yes

Licensing Boards:

yes

Patients:

yes

De-identified data provided to researchers?:

yes

Comments on de-identified data permissions:

The program must remove information that could be used to identify prescribers or individual patients or persons who received prescriptions from dispensers.

Legislation

Year PMP Legislation Enacted:

2011

Year PMP Became Operational:

Pending

Regulation/rule Citations:

Pending

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