34-20E-12. Board to review data and refer patients, prescribers, or dispensers engaged in improper activities to law enforcement or regulatory authorities.
The board shall review the information received by the central repository to determine if there is reason to believe:
(1)A prescriber or dispenser may have engaged in an activity that may be a basis for disciplinary action by the board or regulatory agency responsible for the licensing of the prescriber or dispenser; or
(2)A patient may have misused, abused, or diverted a controlled substance.
If the board determines that there is reason to believe that any of the acts described in this section may have occurred, the board may notify the appropriate law enforcement agency or the board or regulatory agency responsible for the licensing of the prescriber or dispenser. The advisory council established in §34-20E-15 shall recommend guidelines to the board for reviewing data and making determinations with respect to the referral of patients, prescribers, or dispensers to law enforcement or appropriate regulatory authorities.
Source: SL 2010, ch 175, §12.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 20E - Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Section 34-20E-1 - Definition of terms.
Section 34-20E-2 - Prescription drug monitoring program to be established.
Section 34-20E-2.1 - Prescriber and dispenser registration with program required--Exception.
Section 34-20E-3 - Submission of information to central repository.
Section 34-20E-4 - Grounds for extension of time to submit information.
Section 34-20E-5 - Confidentiality of information.
Section 34-20E-6 - Procedures for security of patent information.
Section 34-20E-7 - Disclosure of data in central repository to certain persons and entities.
Section 34-20E-9 - Records of information requests.
Section 34-20E-10 - Contracts to facilitate operation of prescription drug monitoring program.
Section 34-20E-11 - Immunity from civil liability.
Section 34-20E-13 - Correction of erroneous information.
Section 34-20E-14 - Cooperation with other states.
Section 34-20E-15 - Advisory council established.
Section 34-20E-16 - Membership of advisory council.
Section 34-20E-17 - Recommendations of advisory council.
Section 34-20E-19 - Knowing disclosure of information in violation of chapter as felony.