Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 511 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 511-7 - VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS › Subject 511-7-2 - PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM › Rule 511-7-2-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) "Delegate"
				means an individual designated by a prescriber or dispenser, and meeting all
				the requirements of DPH Rule
				 511-7-2-.04, who is authorized to
				access the PDMP for the purpose of reviewing a patient's prescription
				information.
(2) "Department" means
				the Georgia Department of Public Health.
(3) "Dispenser" means a person licensed under
				the laws of this state, or any other state or territory of the United States,
				to dispense or deliver a Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance to an
				ultimate user in this state, but does not include (a) a pharmacy licensed as a
				hospital pharmacy by the State Board of Pharmacy pursuant to Code Section
				 26-4-110;
				(b) an institutional pharmacy that serves only a health care facility,
				including but not limited to a nursing home, an intermediate care home, a
				personal care home, or a hospice program, which provides patient care and which
				pharmacy dispenses such substances to be administered and used by a patient on
				the premises of the facility; (c) a licensed health care practitioner or other
				authorized person who administers such a substance; or (d) a pharmacy operated
				by, or on behalf of, or under contract with the Department of Corrections for
				the sole and exclusive purpose of providing services in a secure environment to
				prisoners within a penal institution, penitentiary, prison, detention center,
				or other secure correctional institution, including correctional institutions
				operated by private entities in this state which house inmates under authority
				of the Department of Corrections.
(4) "PDMP" means the Prescription Drug
				Monitoring Program database authorized by Code Section
				 16-13-57 and  maintained by the department.
(5) "Prescriber" means a physician, dentist,
				scientific investigator, or other person licensed, registered, or otherwise
				authorized under the laws of this state, or any other state or territory of the
				United States, to prescribe a controlled substance in the course of
				professional practice or research in this state, and who has been assigned a
				DEA number. "Prescriber" shall not include a veterinarian.
(6) "Prescription information" means all of
				the following:
(a) DEA permit number or
				approved dispenser facility controlled substance identification
				number;
(b) Date the prescription
				was dispensed;
(c) Prescription
				serial number;
(d) If the
				prescription is new or a refill;
(e) National Drug Code (NDC) for drug
				dispensed;
(f) Quantity and
				strength dispensed;
(g) Number of
				days' supply of the drug;
(h)
				Patient's name;
(i) Patient's
				address;
(j) Patient's date of
				birth;
(k) Patient
				gender;
(l) Method of
				payment;
(m) Approved prescriber
				identification number or prescriber's DEA permit number; and
(n) Date the prescription was issued by the
				prescriber.