37-7-1515. (Effective July 1, 2021) Mandatory use of prescription drug registry. A prescriber or an agent of the prescriber shall review a patient's records under the prescription drug registry before the prescriber issues a prescription for an opioid or a benzodiazepine for the patient, unless:
(1) the patient is receiving hospice care;
(2) the prescription is for a number of doses that is intended to last the patient 7 days or less and cannot be refilled;
(3) the prescription drug is lawfully administered to the patient in a health care facility;
(4) due to an emergency, it is not possible to review the patient's records under the registry before the prescriber issues a prescription for the patient;
(5) the patient is being treated for chronic pain and the prescriber reviews the patient's records under the prescription drug registry every 3 months; or
(6) it is not possible to review the patient's records under the registry because the registry is not operational or because of other technological failure if the failure is reported to the board.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 89, L. 2019.
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