Montana Code 37-7-1515. Mandatory use of prescription drug registry
37-7-1515. Mandatory use of prescription drug registry. A prescriber or an agent of the prescriber shall review a patient’s records under the prescription drug registry before the prescriber issues a prescription for an opioid or a benzodiazepine for the patient, unless:
Terms Used In Montana Code 37-7-1515
- Board: means the board of pharmacy provided for in 2-15-1733. See Montana Code 37-7-101
- Drug: means a substance:
(a)recognized as a drug in any official compendium or supplement;
(b)intended for use in diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals;
(c)other than food, intended to affect the structure or function of the body of humans or animals; and
(d)intended for use as a component of a substance specified in subsection (16)(a), (16)(b), or (16)(c). See Montana Code 37-7-101
- Health care facility: has the meaning provided in 50-5-101. See Montana Code 37-7-101
- Prescription drug: means any drug that is required by federal law or regulation to be dispensed only by a prescription subject to section 353(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U. See Montana Code 37-7-101
- Registry: means the prescription drug registry provided for in 37-7-1502. See Montana Code 37-7-101
(1)the patient is receiving hospice care;
(2)the prescription is for a number of doses that is intended to last the patient 7 days or less and cannot be refilled;
(3)the prescription drug is lawfully administered to the patient in a health care facility;
(4)due to an emergency, it is not possible to review the patient’s records under the registry before the prescriber issues a prescription for the patient;
(5)the patient is being treated for chronic pain and the prescriber reviews the patient’s records under the prescription drug registry every 3 months; or
(6)it is not possible to review the patient’s records under the registry because the registry is not operational or because of other technological failure if the failure is reported to the board.