_____________________________________________________________ The California Dental Practice Act
(g) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the department from serving and prosecuting an accusation to suspend or revoke a subscriber if grounds for that suspension or revocation exist. Section 11165.4. (a) 1. A. (i) A health care practitioner autho- rized to prescribe, order, administer, or furnish a controlled substance shall consult the patient activity report or informa- tion from the patient activity report obtained from the CURES database to review a patient’s controlled substance history for the past 12 months before prescribing a Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substance to the patient for the first time and at least once every six months thereafter if the prescriber renews the prescription and the substance remains part of the treatment of the patient. (ii) If a health care practitioner authorized to
2. A health care practitioner shall review a patient’s controlled substance history that has been obtained from the CURES database no earlier than 24 hours, or the previous business day, before the health care practitioner prescribes, orders, administers, or fur- nishes a Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substance to the patient. (b) The duty to consult the CURES database, as described in subdivision (a), does not apply to veterinarians or pharmacists. (c) The duty to consult the CURES database, as described in subdivision (a), does not apply to a health care practitioner in any of the following circumstances: 1. If a health care practitioner prescribes, orders, or furnishes a controlled substance to be administered to a patient while the patient in any of the following facilities or during an emergency transfer between any of the following facilities, or for use while on facility premises: A. A licensed clinic, as described in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1200) of Division 2.
prescribe, order, administer, or furnish a controlled substance is not required, pursuant to an exemption described in subdivision (c), to consult the patient activity report from the CURES data- base the first time the health care prac- titioner prescribes, orders, administers, or furnishes a controlled substance to a patient, the health care practitioner shall consult the patient activity report from the CURES database to review the patient’s controlled substance his- tory before subsequently prescribing a Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substance to the patient and at least once every six months thereafter if the prescriber renews the prescription and the substance remains part of the treatment of the patient. (iii) A health care practitioner who did not directly access the CURES database to perform the required review of the con- trolled substance use report shall docu- ment in the patient’s medical record that they reviewed the CURES database generated report within 24 hours of the controlled substance prescription that was provided to them by another authorized user of the CURES database. For purposes of this paragraph, “first time” means the initial occurrence in which a health care practitioner, in their role as a health care practitioner, intends to prescribe, order, admin- ister, or furnish a Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substance to a patient and has not previously prescribed a controlled substance to the patient.
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An outpatient setting, as described in Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 1248) of Divi- sion 2. A health facility, as described in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250) of Division 2. A county medical facility, as described in Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 1440) of Division 2. Another medical facility, including, but not limited to, an office of a health care practitioner and an imaging center. A correctional clinic, as described in Section 4187 of the Business and Professions Code, or a correctional pharmacy, as described in Section 4021.5 of the Business and Professions Code.
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2. If a health care practitioner prescribes, orders, administers, or furnishes a controlled substance in the emergency department of a general acute care hospital and the quantity of the controlled substance does not exceed a nonrefillable seven-day supply of the controlled substance to be used in accordance with the directions for use. 3. If a health care practitioner prescribes, orders, administers, or furnishes buprenorphine or other controlled substance containing buprenorphine in the emergency department of a general acute care hospital.
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