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Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Critical Elements of Effective State Legislation

Question:

Is the PDMP administering agency required to maintain procedures to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patients and ensure their data is not disclosed or used except as authorized by law?

Answer:
Yes
This answer is derived from 1 section of law
Citation:
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    (4) Setting up processes and procedures to ensure that the privacy, confidentiality, and security of information collected, recorded, transmitted and maintained by the review committee is not disclosed except as provided in this section. see full law
since 2017-07-20
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