Year: 2015
Resolution Number: 11
Action Taken: Approved
Status:
Author(s): Neelima Thati, MD
Sponsor: Neelima Thati, MD
On behalf of:
Committee: E (Science and Education Affairs)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the American Medical Association work with the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws (NAMSDL), as well as other appropriate national organizations and stakeholders, to update the NAMSDL’s Model Prescription Monitoring Program Act to provide health care professionals the opportunity to self-monitor their schedule 2-5 controlled substance prescribing patterns as a means to detect and identify fraudulent prescriptions dispensed under their respective Drug Enforcement Administration numbers.
RESOLVED: That the American Medical Association work with the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws (NAMSDL), as well as other appropriate national organizations and stakeholders, to update the NAMSDL’s Model Prescription Monitoring Program Act to provide health care professionals the opportunity to self-monitor their schedule 2-5 controlled substance prescribing patterns as a means to detect and identify fraudulent prescriptions dispensed under their respective Drug Enforcement Administration numbers.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Physician Self-Monitoring of Controlled Substance Prescriptions
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