(2) Processing parameters and developing reports of abnormal or unusual prescribing or dispensing patterns for patients, practitioners and dispensers; see full law

(i) The Board of Pharmacy shall provide an annual report on the West Virginia Controlled Substance Monitoring Program to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability with recommendations for needed legislation no later than January 1 of each year. see full law

7.9.  The Review Committee may query the CSMP based on parameters established by the advisory committee to identify abnormal or unusual practices of patients who are outliers in the data according to their controlled substance prescribing, dispensing, or usage patterns or other indicators available in the system.  The Review Committee may also query the CSMP based on parameters established by the advisory committee to identify abnormal prescribing and/or dispensing patterns of practitioners indicated by outliers in the system.  The Review Committee may also query the CSMP for any relevant prescribing or dispensing records of involved patients or practitioners as it carries out its duty to review notices provided by the chief medical examiner pursuant to West Virginia Code § 61-12-10(h) and determine on a case-by-case basis whether a practitioner who prescribed or dispensed a controlled substance may have resulted in or contributed to the drug overdose, and, if so, if the practitioner may have breached professional or occupational standards or committed a criminal act when prescribing the controlled substance at issue to the decedent.  The Review Committee, in accordance with parameters established by the Advisory Committee, may provide any pertinent information in its discretion from the CSMP to the relevant practitioner, the practitioner’s licensing board, or law enforcement as permitted by West Virginia Code § 60A-9-5(b).  The Review Committee, in accordance with parameters established by the Advisory Committee, may also communicate with pertinent practitioners or patients to make them aware of the practitioner’s own prescribing or dispensing patterns or history, or the patient’s own usage patterns or history as reflected in the CSMP in an effort to reduce inappropriate use of prescription drugs in accordance with West Virginia Code § 60A-9-5(a)(3)(C).  The information obtained and developed by or on behalf of the Review Committee may not be shared except as provided in West Virginia Code § 60A-9-5(b) and as provided specifically in subsection 7.8 and this subsection of this section. see full law