35 Pa. Stat. § 872.2

Current through Pa Acts 2024-52, 2024-56
Section 872.2 - Purpose

This act is intended to increase the quality of patient care by giving prescribers and dispensers access to a patient's prescription medication history through an electronic system that will alert medical professionals to potential dangers for purposes of making treatment determinations. The act further intends that patients will have a thorough and easily obtainable record of their prescriptions for purposes of making educated and thoughtful health care decisions. Additionally, the act seeks to aid regulatory and law enforcement agencies in the detection and prevention of fraud, drug abuse and the criminal diversion of controlled substances.

35 P.S. § 872.2

Added by P.L. TBD 2014 No. 191, § 2, eff. 6/30/2015.