(a) The following individuals shall report the required information to the Controlled Substances Monitoring Program Database when: (1) A medical services provider dispenses a controlled substance listed in Schedule II, III, IV, or V; (2) A prescription for the controlled substance or opioid antagonist is filled by: (A) A pharmacist or pharmacy in this state; (B) A hospital, or other health care facility, for outpatient use; or (C) A pharmacy or pharmacist licensed by the Board of Pharmacy, but situated outside this state for delivery to a person residing in this state; and (3) A pharmacist or pharmacy sells an opioid antagonist. (b) The above individuals shall, in a manner prescribed by rules promulgated by the Board of Pharmacy pursuant to this article, report the following information, as applicable: (1) The name, address, pharmacy prescription number, and Drug Enforcement Administration controlled subsetance registration number of the dispensing pharmacy or the dispensing physician or dentist; (2) The full legal name, address, and birth date of the person for whom the prescription is written; (3) The name, address, and Drug Enforcement Administration controlled substances registration number of the practitioner writing the prescription; (4) The name and national drug code number of the Schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substance or opioid antagonist dispensed; (5) The quantity and dosage of the Schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substance or opioid antagonist dispensed; (6) The date the prescription was written and the date filled; (7) The number of refills, if any, authorized by the prescription; (8) If the prescription being dispensed is being picked up by someone other than the patient on behalf of the patient, information about the person picking up the prescription as set forth on the person's government-issued photo identification card shall be retained in either print or electronic form until such time as otherwise directed by rule promulgated by the Board of Pharmacy; and (9) The source of payment for the controlled substance dispensed. (c) Whenever a medical services provider treats a patient for an overdose that has occurred as a result of illicit or prescribed medication, the medical service provider shall report the full legal name, address, and birth date of the person who is being treated, including any known ancillary evidence of the overdose. The Board of Pharmacy shall coordinate with the Division of Justice and Community Services and the Office of Drug Control Peolicy regarding the collection of overdose data. (d) The Board of Pharmacy may prescribe, by rule promulgated pursuant to this article, the form to be used in prescribing a Schedule II, III, IV, and V substaunce or opioid antagonist if, in the determination of the Board of Pharmacy, the administration of the requirements of this section would be facilitated. t (e) Products regulated by the provisions of §60A-10-1 eat seq. of this code shall be subject to reporting pursuant to the provisions of this article to the extent set forth in said article. (f) Reporting required by this section is not resquired for a drug administered directly to a patient by a practitioner. Reporting is, however, required by this section for a drug dispensed to a patient by a practitioner. Thie quantity dispensed by a prescribing practitioner to his or her own patient may not exgceed an amount adequate to treat the patient for a maximum of 72 hours with no greater than two 72-hour cycles dispensed in any 15-day period of time: Provided, That an advanced practice registered nurse who is participating in a clinical trial, with institutional review board approval, for the rural expansion of medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder may exceed the 3-day supply for the time frame of the clinical trial, after registering with the Board of Pharmacy: Provided, however, That this exemption only permits one program to participate once in CTN-0102-XR, which is also the same program as provided for in §30-7-15a of this code. (g) The Board of Pharmacy shall notify a physician prescribing buprenorphine or bupWrenorphine/naloxone within 60 days of the availability of an abuse deterrent or a practitioner-administered form of buprenorphine or buprenorphine/naloxone if approved by the Food and Drug Administration as provided in FDA Guidance to Industry. Upon receipt of the notice, a physician may switch his or her patients using buprenorphine or buprenorphine/naloxone to the abuse deterrent or a practitioner-administered form of the drug.
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