                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT; DIRECTOR&#8217;S REGULATORY AUTHORITY (§ 54.1-2520)

A. The Director shall establish, maintain, and administer an electronic system
to monitor the dispensing of covered substances to be known as the Prescription
Monitoring Program.

B. The Director, after consultation with relevant health regulatory boards,
shall promulgate, in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative
Process Act (&#xA7; 2.2-4000 et seq.), such regulations as are necessary to
implement the prescription monitoring program as provided in this chapter,
including, but not limited to, the establishment of criteria for granting
waivers of the reporting requirements set forth in &#xA7; 54.1-2521.

C. The Director may enter into contracts as may be necessary for the
implementation and maintenance of the Prescription Monitoring Program.

D. The Director shall provide dispensers with a basic file layout to enable
electronic transmission of the information required in this chapter. For those
dispensers unable to transmit the required information electronically, the
Director shall provide an alternative means of data transmission.

E. The Director shall also establish an advisory committee within the Department
to assist in the implementation and evaluation of the Prescription Monitoring
Program. Such advisory committee shall provide guidance to the Director
regarding information disclosed pursuant to subdivision C 9 of &#xA7; 54.1-2523.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 481; 2005, cc. 637, 678; 2014, c. 664; 2016, cc. 410, 568;
2018, cc. 185, 379.