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PostDateIcon Mon, 07/18/2011 - 18:35 | PostAuthorIcon TerryWinters
PDMP Region: 
East
Name of Program: 
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Website: 
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Agency Name: 
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration
Agency Type: 
Substance Abuse Agency
Agency Contact(s): 
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State Information
State Population: 
5,884,868
Number of Pharmacies in State: 
1,232
Number of Practitioners/Prescribers: 
30,906
Frequency of data collected: 
Daily
Data collected from pharmacies?: 
yes
Data collected from dispensing practitioners?: 
yes
Drug Schedules Monitored
Schedule II: 
yes
Schedule III: 
yes
Schedule IV: 
yes
Schedule V: 
yes
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, Medicaid Fraud and Abuse, Medicaid Drug Utilization and Review, Medical Examiner, Peer Review Committee, Drug Treatment Provider, Researcher, Prescriber Delegate, Dispenser Delegate, Division of Drug Control, Office of Health Care Quality, Other PDMPs, State Child Fatality Review Team or local child fatality review team, local drug overdose fatality review team, the Maternal Mortality Review Program
De-identified data provided to researchers?: 
yes
Comments on de-identified data permissions: 
Current DHMH policy requires that submission of all research requests for Department-controlled data to be approved by the DHMH IRB.
Legislation
Year PMP Legislation Enacted: 
2011
Year PMP Became Operational: 
2013
Laws/statute Citation: 
MD Code Health Gen ยงยง 21-2A-01 to -10
Laws Citation Website: 
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Regulation/Rule Citations: 
MD Code Regs 10.47.07.01-.08
Regulation/Rule Website: 
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