Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 4 > Part X-A - Prescription Monitoring Program

• administration: means the direct application of a drug to the body of a patient by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1003
• Advisory council: means the entity established in Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1003
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Audit trail information: means information submitted or produced regarding requests for prescription monitoring program data that the board or other individual as specified by this Part uses to help monitor compliance with this Part and other applicable statutes, rules, or regulations. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1003
• Board: means the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1003
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Controlled substance: means any substance or drug defined, enumerated, or included in federal or state statute or rules, Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1003
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Dispenser: means a person authorized by this state to dispense or distribute to the ultimate user any controlled substance or drug monitored by the program, but shall not include any of the following:

              (a) A pharmacy permitted by the board as a hospital pharmacy that dispenses or distributes any controlled substance or drug monitored by the program for the purposes of inpatient hospital care. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1003

• dispensing: means the interpretation, evaluation, and implementation of a prescription drug order, including the preparation and delivery of a drug or device to a patient or patient's agent in a suitable container appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to, or use by, a patient. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1003
• Drug: means any of the following:

              (a) Any substance recognized as a drug in the official compendium, or supplement thereto, designated by the board for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1003

• Drugs of concern: means drugs other than controlled substances as defined by rule which demonstrate a potential for abuse or whose use requires tracking for public health purposes. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1003
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Patient: means the person or animal who is the ultimate user of a controlled substance or drug monitored by the program for whom a prescription is issued and for whom a controlled substance or drug is dispensed. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1003
• person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
• PMP: means the program established in Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1003
• Prescriber: means a licensed healthcare professional with prescriptive authority. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1003
• Prescription monitoring information: means data submitted to and maintained by the prescription monitoring program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1003
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Procedure: means any dental or medical practice or process described in the current year's version of the American Dental Association's current Dental Terminology or the American Medical Association's Code of Procedural Terminology. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1003
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.