LeBas (HB 355) Act No. 110
Existing law establishes the state prescription monitoring system, an electronic system for
the monitoring of controlled substances and other drugs of concern that are dispensed in the
state or dispensed to an address within the state.
Existing law further provides that, except as provided in existing law, prescription
monitoring information submitted to the La. Board of Pharmacy shall be protected health
information, not subject to public or open records law and not subject to disclosure.
Prior law provided that persons authorized to prescribe or dispense controlled substances or
drugs of concern, after successful completion of the required educational courses, may access
prescription monitoring information for the purpose of providing medical or pharmaceutical
care for their patients or for verifying their prescribing records.
New law retains prior law and adds delegates of persons authorized to prescribe or dispense
controlled substances or drugs of concern.
Effective August 1, 2013.
(Amends R.S. 40:1007(E)(1))