Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 2, Chapter 7, Subchapter 6 - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Act

• § 20-7-601 - Title.
  This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Act".
• § 20-7-602 - Purpose.
  The purpose of this subchapter is to protect the state health system and the citizens of Arkansas by: (1) Enhancing patient care by providing...
• § 20-7-603 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter: (1) "Certified law enforcement prescription drug diversion investigator" means a certified law enforcement officer assigned by his or her...
• § 20-7-604 - Requirements for Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.
  (a) The State Board of Health shall create the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program upon the Department of Health's procuring adequate funding to establish the...
• § 20-7-605 - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Advisory Committee -- Creation -- Members.
  (a) The Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Advisory Committee shall be created by the State Board of Health upon the Department of Health's procuring adequate...
• § 20-7-606 - Confidentiality.
  (a) Prescription information submitted to the Department of Health under this subchapter is confidential and not subject to the Freedom of Information Act of...
• § 20-7-607 - Providing Prescription Monitoring Information.
  (a) (1) (A) The Department of Health may review the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program information, including without limitation a review to identify information that...
• § 20-7-608 - Information Exchange With Other Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs.
  (a) The Department of Health may provide prescription monitoring information to other states' prescription drug monitoring programs, and the information may be used by...
• § 20-7-609 - Authority to Contract.
  (a) The Department of Health may contract with another agency of this state or with a private vendor, as necessary, to ensure the effective...
• § 20-7-610 - Authority to Seek Funding.
  (a) The Department of Health may make application for, receive, and administer grant funding from public or private sources for the development, implementation, or...
• § 20-7-611 - Unlawful Acts and Penalties.
  (a) (1) It is unlawful for a dispenser to purposely fail to submit prescription monitoring information as required under this subchapter. (2) A violation...
• § 20-7-612 - Privacy Rights Protected.
  This subchapter does not give authority to any person, agency, corporation, or other legal entity to invade the privacy of any citizen as defined...
• § 20-7-613 - Rules.
  The State Board of Health shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter.
• § 20-7-614 - Effective Date.
  (a) The Prescription Drug Monitoring Program shall become operational March 1, 2013, if full funding is available under § 20-7-610.(b) The Director of the...
• § 20-7-615 - Prescriber With a Prescription Drug Violation.
  (a) A prescriber who has been found by his or her licensing board to be in violation of a rule or law involving prescription...

Last modified: November 15, 2016