A practitioner may not be required to review a patient's prescription drug monitoring program data if any of the following apply:

1. The controlled substance is prescribed or dispensed for a patient who is currently receiving hospice care.

2. The controlled substance is prescribed or dispensed to a patient of record as a nonrefillable prescription as part of treatment for a surgical procedure.

3. The dentist prescribes a controlled substance after the performance of oral surgery and no more than a seventy-two hour supply of the controlled substance is prescribed.

4. The dentist prescribes pre-appointment medication for the treatment of procedure anxiety.

5. The dentist obtains a report through a board-approved risk assessment tool for health care providers that accesses patient prescription information from prescription drug monitoring program databases, analyzes the data, and provides a risk-based score that includes prescription drug monitoring program data.

History: Effective July 1, 2017.

General Authority: NDCC 43-28-01(7), 43-28-06

Law Implemented: NDCC 19-03.5-09, 43-28-06(1)