Maryland State Profile

Mon, 07/18/2011 - 12:35 |

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PMP Region:

East

Name of Program:

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

Agency Name:

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration

Agency Type:

Substance Abuse Agency

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State Information

State Population:

5,699,478

Number of Pharmacies in State:

1,185

Number of Practitioners/Prescribers:

29,171

Frequency of data collected:

*

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

If other requester (specify):

Rehabilitation programs operating under a health occupations licensing board, other states' PDMP administrators, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Maryland Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid), DHMH Inspector General, Office of Health Care Quality

De-identified data provided to researchers?:

yes

Comments on de-identified data permissions:

The program must redact all information that could identify a patient, prescriber, dispenser, or other individual.

Legislation

Year PMP Legislation Enacted:

2011

Year PMP Became Operational:

Pending

Laws/statute Citation:

Annotated Code of Maryland, Health General Article, Section 21-2A-01 through 21-2A-10

Regulation/rule Citations:

Pending

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