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PostDateIcon Tue, 11/09/2010 - 00:32 | PostAuthorIcon TerryWinters
PDMP Region: 
South
Name of Program: 
Prescription Monitoring Program
Website: 
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Agency Name: 
Louisiana Board of Pharmacy
Agency Type: 
Pharmacy Board
Agency Contact(s): 
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State Information
State Population: 
4,625,470
Number of Pharmacies in State: 
1,230
Number of Practitioners/Prescribers: 
17,168
Prescription Records collected in 2011: 
12,723,870
State Fiscal Year?: 
yes
Fiscal Year Dates: 
July 1 through June 30
Frequency of data collected: 
Daily
Data collected from pharmacies?: 
yes
Data collected from dispensing practitioners?: 
yes
Patient History Reports in 2011: 
652,895
Drug Schedules Monitored
Schedule II: 
yes
Schedule III: 
yes
Schedule IV: 
yes
Schedule V: 
yes
If Other Drugs: 
butalbital, ephedrine products (C-V in LA)
Who May Request Patient Information?
Prescribers: 
yes
Pharmacists: 
yes
Pharmacies: 
no
Law Enforcement: 
yes
Licensing Boards: 
yes
Patients: 
yes
If other requester (specify): 
Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Prosecutor, Medicaid Fraud and Abuse, Medicaid Drug Utilization and Review, Other PDMPs, Prescriber Delegate, Dispenser Delegate
De-identified data provided to researchers?: 
yes
Legislation
Year PMP Legislation Enacted: 
2006
Year PMP Became Operational: 
2008
Laws/statute Citation: 
LA Rev Statute §§40:975; 40:1001 to :1014
Laws Citation Website: 
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Regulation/Rule Citations: 
LA Admin Code Title 46 §§2901 to 2931; Title 48 §7831
Regulation/Rule Website: 
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