(2) A pharmacist, dispensing prescriber, or veterinarian may presume that the patient
identification information provided by a patient, or a patient's representative, or
veterinarian’s client is correct.
(3) As used in this rule, R 338.3162c, and R 338.3162d, the term “dispense” or
“dispensing” means the preparation, compounding, packaging, or labeling of a controlled
substance along with delivery of the controlled substance pursuant to a prescription or
other authorization issued by a prescriber, and does not include the acts of prescribing a
controlled substance or administering a controlled substance directly to a patient.
(4) As used in this rule, the term “patient” refers to an individual, not an animal.
History: 2003 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2022 MR 1, Eff. Jan. 6, 2022.
R 338.3162c Format for electronic transmission of data to electronic system for
monitoring; waiver.
Rule 62c. (1) A pharmacist, dispensing prescriber, or veterinarian who dispenses a
prescription drug that is a controlled substance listed in schedules 2 to 5 shall transmit the
data, as specified under R 338.3162b by electronic media or other means as approved by
the department or the department's contractor.
(2) The data must be transmitted in the format established by the ASAP 4.1 Standard for
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs.
(3) A pharmacist, dispensing prescriber, or veterinarian who dispenses controlled
substances and who does not have an automated record-keeping system capable of
producing an electronic report in the format established by subrule (2) of this rule may
request a waiver from electronic reporting. The request shall be made in writing to the
department.
(4) A pharmacist, dispensing prescriber, or veterinarian may be granted a waiver, if he
or she demonstrates an inability to report as required by R 338.3162b and he or she
agrees in writing to report the data to the department or the department's contractor by
submitting a completed MAPS claim form as defined in R 338.3102(1)(c) or transmitting
data via an internet web portal that is provided by the department or the department’s
contractor for this purpose.
History: 2003 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2022 MR 1, Eff. Jan. 6, 2022.
R 338.3162d Required reporting of prescription data; error reporting.
Rule 62d. (1) A pharmacist, pharmacy, dispensing prescriber, or veterinarian shall
report all scheduled 2 to 5 controlled substances dispensed.
(2) The licensee shall forward the data required by R 338.3162b by on-line
transmission, computer diskette, compact disk, or other approved medium, as specified in
R 338.3162c to the department or the department’s contractor, on a daily basis, by the
end of the next business day and include the data for all controlled substances dispensed
since the previous transmission or report.
(3) A pharmacist, pharmacy, dispensing prescriber, or veterinarian who does not
have the capacity to forward the information as specified in R 338.3162b, shall mail or
deliver the information to a location specified by the department or the department’s
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