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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. 778 (Introduced in Senate) — To require the use of prescription drug monitoring programs and to facilitate information sharing among States. · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Definitions

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In this Act: The term controlled substance has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802 ). The term covered State means a State that receives funding under the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program established under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 ( Public Law 107–77 ; 115 Stat. 748) or the controlled substance monitoring program under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 280g–3 ).
The term dispenser — means a person licensed or otherwise authorized by a State to deliver a prescription drug product to a patient or an agent of the patient; and does not include a person involved in oversight or payment for prescription drugs. The term PDMP means a prescription drug monitoring program. The term practitioner means a practitioner registered under section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 823(f) ) to prescribe, administer, or dispense controlled substances.
The term State means each of the several States and the District of Columbia.
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  • Pub. L. 107-77
  • 115 Stat. 748
  • 42 USC 280g–3
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