Rationale for Using Fast-Track Rulemaking Process: This regulatory action is expected to be noncontroversial because the director is deleting an outdated standard and allowing more than one standard to be acceptable to dispensers. Reporting of certain data by dispensers to PMP is not only required by the Code of Virginia but essential to ensure the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens because the PMP is used to track excessive prescribing and dispensing of covered drugs and to alert for possible diversion of such drugs into communities. The goal of this regulatory action is to simplify and facilitate reliable reporting by allowing dispensers more than one standard to use for reporting to the PMP and simplify the reporting process for dispensers located in Virginia or dispensing to Virginia residents by allowing each dispenser to choose either the older Version 4.2 or a different version. Purpose: The purpose of the regulatory change is to update the regulation to allow for newer standards for reporting for the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) without placing additional burdens on dispensers by specifying the most current version that is the 2019 Version 4b of the American Society of Automation in Pharmacy (ASAP) Standard. Authority for the Director of the Department of Health Professions to establish the PMP is found in § 54.1-2505 of the Code of Virginia. Section 54.1-2521 of the Code of Virginia provides reporting requirements for the program. Public Comment Deadline: February 2, 2022.Īgency Contact: Ralph Orr, Program Manager, Prescription Monitoring Program, Department of Health Professions, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233-1463, telephone (804) 367-4523, FAX (804) 527-4470, or email Regulations governing the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) are promulgated under the statutory mandate in § 54.1-2520 of the Code of Virginia. Public Hearing Information: No public hearing is currently scheduled. Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2520 of the Code of Virginia. Regulations Governing the Prescription Monitoring Program (amending 18VAC76-20-40).
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