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quate to treat the ultimate user involved for 48 
hours or less; or 
‘‘(C) the administration or dispensing of a 
controlled substance in accordance with any 
other exclusion identified by the Secretary for 
purposes of this paragraph. 
‘‘(3) The information to be reported under this 
subsection with respect to the dispensing of a con-
trolled substance shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) Drug Enforcement Administration 
Registration Number (or other identifying num-
ber used in lieu of such Registration Number) 
of the dispenser. 
‘‘(B) Drug Enforcement Administration 
Registration Number (or other identifying num-
ber used in lieu of such Registration Number) 
and name of the practitioner who prescribed the 
drug. 
‘‘(C) Name, address, and telephone num-
ber of the ultimate user or such contact infor-
mation of the ultimate user as the Secretary de-
termines appropriate. 
‘‘(D) Identification of the drug by a na-
tional drug code number. 
‘‘(E) Quantity dispensed.
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‘‘(F) Number of refills ordered. 
‘‘(G) Whether the drug was dispensed as a 
refill of a prescription or as a first-time request. 
‘‘(H) Date of the dispensing. 
‘‘(I) Date of origin of the prescription. 
‘‘(J) Such other information as may be re-
quired by State law to be reported under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(4) The State shall require dispensers to re-
port information under this section in accordance 
with the electronic format specified by the Secretary 
under subsection (h), except that the State may 
waive the requirement of such format with respect to 
an individual dispenser that is unable to submit such 
information by electronic means. 
‘‘(e) DATABASE.—In implementing or improving a 
controlled substance monitoring program under this sec-
tion, a State shall comply with the following: 
‘‘(1) The State shall establish and maintain an 
electronic database containing the information re-
ported to the State under subsection (d). 
‘‘(2) The database must be searchable by any 
field or combination of fields. 
‘‘(3) The State shall include reported informa-
tion in the database in a manner consistent with cri-
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teria established by the Secretary, with appropriate 
safeguards for ensuring the accuracy and complete-
ness of the database. 
‘‘(4) The State shall take appropriate security 
measures to protect the integrity of, and access to, 
the database. 
‘‘(f) USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (g), 
in implementing or improving a controlled substance 
monitoring program under this section, a State may 
disclose information from the database established 
under subsection (e) and, in the case of a request 
under subparagraph (D), summary statistics of such 
information, only in response to a request by—
‘‘(A) a practitioner (or the agent thereof) 
who certifies, under the procedures determined 
by the State, that the requested information is 
for the purpose of providing medical or pharma-
ceutical treatment or evaluating the need for 
such treatment to a bona fide current patient; 
‘‘(B) any local, State, or Federal law en-
forcement, narcotics control, licensure, discipli-
nary, or program authority, who certifies, under 
the procedures determined by the State, that 
the requested information is related to an indi-