Louisiana State Profile

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PMP Region:

South

Name of Program:

Prescription Monitoring Program

Website:

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Agency Name:

Louisiana Board of Pharmacy

Agency Type:

Pharmacy Board

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State Information

State Population:

4,410,796

Number of Pharmacies in State:

1,377

Number of Practitioners/Prescribers:

14,900

Prescription Records collected in 2008:

6,125,000

State Fiscal Year?:

yes

Fiscal Year Dates:

July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009

Prescription Records Collected in Fiscal Year:

10,500,000

Frequency of data collected:

Weekly

Data collected from pharmacies?:

yes

Data collected from dispensing practitioners?:

yes

Patient History Reports in 2008:

123,514

Patient History Reports for Fiscal Year:

123,514

Drug Schedules Monitored

Schedule II:

yes

Schedule III:

yes

Schedule IV:

yes

Schedule V:

yes

If Other Drugs:

Drug of Concern. Tramadol and Butalbital containing products. Note* Carisoprodol containg products are CIV and ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, & PPA are C-V

Who May Request Patient Information?

Prescribers:

yes

Pharmacists:

yes

Pharmacies:

no

Law Enforcement:

yes

Licensing Boards:

yes

Patients:

yes

If other requester (specify):

Medicaid Representatives searching for Medicaid recipient patients only. Regulatory Boards and Agencies of the Prescribers and Dispensers have direct access for oversight of their licensees.

De-identified data provided to researchers?:

yes

Legislation

Year PMP Legislation Enacted:

2006

Year PMP Became Operational:

2008

Laws/statute Citation:

La. R.S. Title 40, Chapter 4, Part X-A

Laws Citation Website:

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Regulation/rule Citations:

LAC, Title 46, Part LIII, Chapter 29

Regulation/ Rule Website:

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Comments/Notes

LA exempts from submission: "A practitioner who dispenses or distributes no more than a single forty-eight hour supply of such controlled substance or drug to a patient prior to, or subsequent to, performing an actual procedure on that patient." Veterinarians are also exempt from requirements.

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