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SENATE BILL NO. 75
BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:978(F)(2), relative to the prescription monitoring program;
3 to provide for prescriber notice from his licensing board upon first failure to comply
4 with certain statutory requirements; to provide for a complaint against the prescriber
5 upon second and subsequent failures to comply with certain statutory requirements;
6 and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 40:978(F)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง978. Prescriptions
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13 (2) The provisions of this Subsection shall be enforced by the health
14 profession licensing board that regulates the prescriber. Each health profession
15 licensing board that regulates prescribers shall promulgate rules and regulations in
16 accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to comply with the mandate in
17 this Subsection. If a health profession licensing board becomes aware of a
18 prescriber's first failure to comply with this Subsection, as verified by the data of
19 the Prescription Monitoring Program, the board shall notify the prescriber of
20 the relevant statutory requirements and inform the prescriber of the need to
21 correct or amend his prescribing practices to comply with the provisions of this
22 Subsection. If a health profession licensing board becomes aware of a second or
23 subsequent failure to comply with this Subsection, as verified by the data of the
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1 Prescription Monitoring Program, the board shall treat the notification as a
2 complaint against the licensee, but shall not consider such notice as evidence of
3 deviation from standard of care.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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