North Carolina News: Item 2137 - Roll Out of the Controlled Substances Reporting Act

April 1, 2007 2:32 pm Topics: Controlled substances

Reprinted from the April 2007 North Carolina Board of Pharmacy Newsletter.

Most pharmacists are aware that the General Assembly enacted a CS reporting system last year. The statute requires all dispensers to report information about CS prescriptions to the state (more detail about the statute may be found at the Board’s Web site).

Though effective in April 2006, the statute has not yet been implemented. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reports that the system is scheduled to be rolled out on July 1, 2007. Health Information Design, Inc has contracted with the state to implement the program. By the time this Newsletter is published, pharmacists should have received materials from Health Information Design describing the program, the electronic format for transmitting the required data, and a user manual. If you have not received this information, please contact Johnny Womble via e-mail at johnny.womble@ncmail.net.