La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LIII-1125

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LIII-1125 - Security and Confidentiality

A. The holder of the pharmacy permit shall provide adequate safeguards against improper, illegal, or unauthorized manipulation or alteration of any records in the pharmacy information system.

B. A pharmacist shall provide adequate security to prevent indiscriminate or unauthorized access to confidential information. If confidential health information is not transmitted directly between a pharmacist and a practitioner, but is transmitted through a data communications device, the confidential health information may not be accessed, maintained, or altered by the operator of the data communications device. Confidential information is privileged and may be released only subject to federal privacy laws and regulations, and subject to applicable Louisiana statutes.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LIII-1125

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Pharmacy, LR 23:1312 (October 1997), amended LR 29:2091 (October 2003), effective January 1, 2004, Amended LR 40:2256 (November 2014), effective January 1, 2015.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1182.