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ACT No. 110
Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 355
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEBAS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1007(E)(1), relative to access to prescription monitoring2
information; to add certain delegates to the persons authorized to access prescription3
monitoring information; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 40:1007(E)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง1007. Access to prescription monitoring information7
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E. The following persons, after successful completion of the educational9
courses identified in R.S. 40:1008, may access prescription monitoring information10
at no cost and in the same or similar manner, and for the same or similar purposes,11
as those persons are authorized to access similar protected health information under12
federal and state law and regulation:13
(1) Persons authorized to prescribe or dispense controlled substances or14
drugs of concern, or their delegates as defined by rule, for the purpose of providing15
medical or pharmaceutical care for their patients, or for verifying their prescribing16
records.17
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: