The board shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, for the operation of the program. Any rule promulgated shall be designed to assure the fair, equitable, and efficient operation of the program. The rules may address the following:
- (1) Criteria, procedures, and forms for submitting data to the program;
- (2) Standards for information collection;
- (3) Guidelines for reviewing data and making determinations with respect to the referral of patients, prescribers, or dispensers to law enforcement or appropriate regulatory authorities based upon an open case;
- (4) Safeguards for the release of information to individuals who have access to the information contained in the central repository;
- (5) Guidelines for maintaining the confidentiality of program information and the integrity of the patient's relationship with the patient's health care provider; and
- (6) Policies for the compilation and release of statistics and outcomes for advancing the purposes of the program, including enhancement of the quality of health care delivery in this state.
Source: SL 2010, ch 175 , § 20.