The department may provide prescription information obtained from pharmacies to:

1. (a) Other regulatory, investigative or law enforcement agencies for disciplinary, civil, or criminal purposes;
2. (b) Practitioners, for the purpose of education in lieu of disciplinary, civil or criminal action;
3. (c) Practitioners and pharmacists, for the purposes of patient care, drug therapy management and monitoring of controlled substances obtained by the patient; and
4. (d) Public or private entities, for statistical, research, or educational purposes, provided that the privacy of patients and confidentiality of patient information is not compromised.

(Adopted effective August 1, 2007)