4729.79 Information provided from drug database - record of requests - confidentiality.
(A) If the state board of pharmacy establishes and maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, the board may provide information from the database in accordance with the following:
(1) On receipt of a request from a designated representative of a government entity responsible for the licensure, regulation, or discipline of licensed health care professionals authorized to prescribe drugs, the board may provide to the representative information from the database relating to the professional who is the subject of an active investigation being conducted by the government entity.
(2) On receipt of a request from a federal officer, or a state or local officer of this or any other state, whose duties include enforcing laws relating to drugs, the board may provide to the officer information from the database relating to the person who is the subject of an active investigation being conducted by the officer’s employing government entity.
(3) Pursuant to a subpoena issued by a grand jury, the board may provide to the grand jury information from the database relating to the person who is the subject of an investigation being conducted by the grand jury.
(4) On receipt of a request from a pharmacist or prescriber, the board may provide to the requestor information from the database relating to a current patient of the requestor, if the requestor certifies in a form specified by the board that it is for the purpose of providing medical or pharmaceutical treatment to the patient who is the subject of the request.
(5) On receipt of a request from an individual seeking the individual’s own database information in accordance with the procedure established in rules adopted under section 4729.83 of the Revised Code, the board may provide to the individual the individual’s own database information.
(B) The state board of pharmacy shall maintain a record of each individual or entity that requests information from the database pursuant to this section. In accordance with rules adopted under section 4729.83 of the Revised Code, the board may use the records to document and report statistics and law enforcement outcomes. The board may provide records of an individual’s requests for database information to the following:
(1) A designated representative of a government entity that is responsible for the licensure, regulation, or discipline of licensed health care professionals authorized to prescribe drugs who is involved in an active investigation being conducted by the government entity of the individual who submitted the requests for database information;
(2) A federal officer, or a state or local officer of this or any other state, whose duties include enforcing laws relating to drugs and who is involved in an active investigation being conducted by the officer’s employing government entity of the individual who submitted the requests for database information.
(C) Information contained in the database and any information obtained from it is not a public record. Information contained in the records of requests for information from the database is not a public record. Information that does not identify a person may be released in summary, statistical, or aggregate form.
(D) Nothing in this section requires a pharmacist or prescriber to obtain information about a patient from the database. A pharmacist or prescriber shall not be held liable in damages to any person in any civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property on the basis that the pharmacist or prescriber did or did not seek or obtain information from the database.
4729.79 Information provided from drug database - record of requests - confidentiality.
(A) If the state board of pharmacy establishes and maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, the board may provide information from the database in accordance with the following:
(1) On receipt of a request from a designated representative of a government entity responsible for the licensure, regulation, or discipline of licensed health care professionals authorized to prescribe drugs, the board may provide to the representative information from the database relating to the professional who is the subject of an active investigation being conducted by the government entity.
(2) On receipt of a request from a federal officer, or a state or local officer of this or any other state, whose duties include enforcing laws relating to drugs, the board may provide to the officer information from the database relating to the person who is the subject of an active investigation being conducted by the officer’s employing government entity.
(3) Pursuant to a subpoena issued by a grand jury, the board may provide to the grand jury information from the database relating to the person who is the subject of an investigation being conducted by the grand jury.
(4) On receipt of a request from a pharmacist or prescriber, the board may provide to the requestor information from the database relating to a current patient of the requestor, if the requestor certifies in a form specified by the board that it is for the purpose of providing medical or pharmaceutical treatment to the patient who is the subject of the request.
(5) On receipt of a request from an individual seeking the individual’s own database information in accordance with the procedure established in rules adopted under section 4729.83 of the Revised Code, the board may provide to the individual the individual’s own database information.
(B) The state board of pharmacy shall maintain a record of each individual or entity that requests information from the database pursuant to this section. In accordance with rules adopted under section 4729.83 of the Revised Code, the board may use the records to document and report statistics and law enforcement outcomes. The board may provide records of an individual’s requests for database information to the following:
(1) A designated representative of a government entity that is responsible for the licensure, regulation, or discipline of licensed health care professionals authorized to prescribe drugs who is involved in an active investigation being conducted by the government entity of the individual who submitted the requests for database information;
(2) A federal officer, or a state or local officer of this or any other state, whose duties include enforcing laws relating to drugs and who is involved in an active investigation being conducted by the officer’s employing government entity of the individual who submitted the requests for database information.
(C) Information contained in the database and any information obtained from it is not a public record. Information contained in the records of requests for information from the database is not a public record. Information that does not identify a person may be released in summary, statistical, or aggregate form.
(D) Nothing in this section requires a pharmacist or prescriber to obtain information about a patient from the database. A pharmacist or prescriber shall not be held liable in damages to any person in any civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property on the basis that the pharmacist or prescriber did or did not seek or obtain information from the database.
4729.79 Information provided from drug database - record of requests - confidentiality.
(A) If the state board of pharmacy establishes and maintains a drug database pursuant to section 4729.75 of the Revised Code, the board may provide information from the database in accordance with the following:
(1) On receipt of a request from a designated representative of a government entity responsible for the licensure, regulation, or discipline of licensed health care professionals authorized to prescribe drugs, the board may provide to the representative information from the database relating to the professional who is the subject of an active investigation being conducted by the government entity.
(2) On receipt of a request from a federal officer, or a state or local officer of this or any other state, whose duties include enforcing laws relating to drugs, the board may provide to the officer information from the database relating to the person who is the subject of an active investigation being conducted by the officer’s employing government entity.
(3) Pursuant to a subpoena issued by a grand jury, the board may provide to the grand jury information from the database relating to the person who is the subject of an investigation being conducted by the grand jury.
(4) On receipt of a request from a pharmacist or prescriber, the board may provide to the requestor information from the database relating to a current patient of the requestor, if the requestor certifies in a form specified by the board that it is for the purpose of providing medical or pharmaceutical treatment to the patient who is the subject of the request.
(5) On receipt of a request from an individual seeking the individual’s own database information in accordance with the procedure established in rules adopted under section 4729.83 of the Revised Code, the board may provide to the individual the individual’s own database information.
(B) The state board of pharmacy shall maintain a record of each individual or entity that requests information from the database pursuant to this section. In accordance with rules adopted under section 4729.83 of the Revised Code, the board may use the records to document and report statistics and law enforcement outcomes. The board may provide records of an individual’s requests for database information to the following:
(1) A designated representative of a government entity that is responsible for the licensure, regulation, or discipline of licensed health care professionals authorized to prescribe drugs who is involved in an active investigation being conducted by the government entity of the individual who submitted the requests for database information;
(2) A federal officer, or a state or local officer of this or any other state, whose duties include enforcing laws relating to drugs and who is involved in an active investigation being conducted by the officer’s employing government entity of the individual who submitted the requests for database information.
(C) Information contained in the database and any information obtained from it is not a public record. Information contained in the records of requests for information from the database is not a public record. Information that does not identify a person may be released in summary, statistical, or aggregate form.
(D) Nothing in this section requires a pharmacist or prescriber to obtain information about a patient from the database. A pharmacist or prescriber shall not be held liable in damages to any person in any civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property on the basis that the pharmacist or prescriber did or did not seek or obtain information from the database.
