Louisiana 2018 2018 Regular Session

Louisiana Senate Bill SB75 Comm Sub / Analysis

                    The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.
DIGEST
SB 75 Engrossed	2018 Regular Session	Boudreaux
Present law provides that when a health profession licensing board becomes aware of a prescriber's
failure to comply with Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) access requirements, the board shall
consider such notice as a complaint against the licensee. 
Proposed law provides that the health profession licensing board shall give the prescriber notice and
opportunity to come into compliance with the statutory PMP requirements upon the prescriber's first
failure to comply and shall consider second and subsequent failures to comply as a complaint against
the licensee.
Effective August 1, 2018.
 
(Amends R.S. 40:978(F)(2))