Wisconsin Laws

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Critical Elements of Effective State Legislation

Question:

Are prescribers who are licensed to prescribe controlled substances and registered with the DEA required to register with the PDMP?

Answer:
Yes
This answer is derived from 2 section of law
Citation:
  • citation 1: see full citation
    (2) The board shall establish by rule a program for monitoring the dispensing of monitored prescription drugs. The program shall do all of the following:(a) Require a pharmacy or a practitioner to generate a record documenting each dispensing of a monitored prescription drug at the pharmacy or, if the monitored prescription drug is not dispensed at a pharmacy, by the practitioner and to submit the record to the board no later than 11:59 p.m. of the next business day after the monitored prescription drug is dispensed, except that the program may not require the generation of a record in any of the following circumstances: see full law
  • citation 2: see full citation
    2. The requirement under subd. 1. that a practitioner review a patient's records under the program before the practitioner issues a prescription order for the patient does not apply if any of the following is true:a. The patient is receiving hospice care, as defined in s. 50.94 (1) (a).b. The prescription order is for a number of doses that is intended to last the patient 3 days or less and is not subject to refill.c. The monitored prescription drug is lawfully administered to the patient.d. Due to emergency, it is not possible for the practitioner to review the patient's records under the program before the practitioner issues a prescription order for the patient.e. The practitioner is unable to review the patient's records under the program because the digital platform for the program is not operational or due to other technological failure if the practitioner reports that failure to the board. see full law