Current through December 27, 2024
Section 19a-495-22-5. - Record keeping(a) As an alternative to maintaining a paper dispensing and medication administration log, a mobile narcotic treatment program may use an automated and computerized data processing system for the storage and retrieval of the program"s dispensing and administration records, if the following conditions are met: (1) The automated system maintains the information required in 21 CFR 1304.24(a);(2) The automated system has the capability of producing a hard copy printout of the program"s dispensing records;(3) The mobile narcotic treatment program prints a hard copy of each day"s dispensing and administration log, which is then initialed appropriately by each person who dispensed or administered medication to the program"s patients;(4) The automated system is approved by DEA;(5) The multicare institution or its mobile narcotic treatment program maintains an off-site back-up of all computer-generated program information; and(6) The automated system is capable of producing accurate summary reports for both the registered site of the multicare institution and any mobile narcotic treatment program, for any timeframe selected by Department and DEA personnel during an investigation. If these summary reports are maintained in hard copy form, they shall be kept in a systematically organized file located at the registered site of the multicare institution.(b) All records shall be maintained in accordance with Sections 19a-14-40 to 19a-14-44, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.(c) Authorized healthcare providers may obtain written consent signed by the patient to share records with a prescription drug monitoring program in accordance with 42 CFR 2 Subpart B. No records shall be shared with a prescription drug monitoring program without such consent.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 19a-495-22-5.