Minnesota State Profile

PMP Region: 
North
Name of Program: 
Minnesota  Prescription  Monitoring  Program
Agency Name: 
Minnesota  Board  of  Pharmacy
Agency Type: 
Pharmacy Board
State Information
State Population: 
5,220,393
Number of Pharmacies in State: 
1,155
Number of Practitioners/Prescribers: 
19,341
Frequency of data collected: 
Daily
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: 
no
If Other Drugs: 
Codeine-­‐containing  cough  syrups  that  are  schedule  V   federally  are  schedule  III  in  MN; Human  growth   hormones  are  schedule  III  in  MN                
Who May Request Patient Information?
Prescribers: 
yes
Pharmacists: 
yes
Pharmacies: 
no
Law Enforcement: 
yes
Licensing Boards: 
no
Patients: 
yes
If other requester (specify): 
law enforcement pursuant to search warrant; Medicaid  staff  assigned  to  use  data  to  identify   recipients  whose  usage  of  controlled  substances  may   warrant  restriction
Legislation
Year PMP Legislation Enacted: 
2007
Year PMP Became Operational: 
2010
Laws/statute Citation: 
Minnesota  Statute  §  152.126
Regulation/rule Citations: 
Rules have not been developed
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