Bill Text: VA SB320 | 2013 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Prescription Monitoring Program; required checks prior to dispensing certain controlled substances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-11-30 - Left in Education and Health [SB320 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2013-SB320-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 320 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled January 10, 2012 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3408.01:1, relating to prescribing Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substances. ---------- Patron-- Carrico ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 54.1-3408.01:1 as follows:

§54.1-3408.01:1. Required check of the Prescription Monitoring Program.

Any prescriber who prescribes a controlled substance included in Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV of the Drug Control Act (§54.1-3400 et seq.) to a patient for a period of more than 90 days shall request and review information about that patient from the Prescription Monitoring Program for the purpose of establishing the treatment history of the patient. Thereafter, the prescriber shall request and review such information about the patient at least annually, for so long as the prescriber continues to prescribe the controlled substance to the patient.