{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-48-853.03","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 48-853.03","heading":"Reporting requirements; exceptions.","body":"(a)\n(1)\nEach dispenser shall submit to the Program the required reporting information for each prescription dispensed for a covered substance within 24 hours after the covered substance is dispensed, unless otherwise established by the Director through rulemaking, but this does not include merely placing the covered substance prescription into a bin for pickup by the ultimate user or his or her agent.\n(2)\nAny dispenser located outside the boundaries of the District that is licensed or registered by the District, shall submit the required reporting information to the Program for each prescription dispensed for a covered substance to an ultimate user who resides within the District within 24 hours after the date that the covered substance is dispensed, unless otherwise established by the Director through rulemaking.\n\n(b)\nThe failure of any person subject to the reporting requirements of this chapter to report the dispensing of a covered substance, unless otherwise exempted under this chapter, or the willful failure to transmit accurate information shall constitute grounds for:\n(1)\nThe revocation, suspension, or denial of a District controlled substances registration;\n(2)\nDisciplinary action by the relevant health occupations board pursuant to § 3-1205.14(c); and\n(3)\nThe imposition of civil fines pursuant to § 2-1801.04.\n\n(c)\nUpon dispensing a covered substance, the dispenser of the covered substance shall report the following information to the Program:\n(1)\nPatient name;\n(2)\nPatient address;\n(3)\nPatient date of birth;\n(4)\nPatient gender;\n(5)\nDispenser identification number;\n(6)\nPrescriber identification number;\n(7)\nDate prescription was issued by prescriber;\n(8)\nDate prescription was dispensed;\n(9)\nPrescription number;\n(10)\nPrescription type, whether the prescription is new or is a refill;\n(11)\nNational Drug Code for the drug dispensed;\n(12)\nQuantity dispensed;\n(13)\nNumber of days’ supply dispensed;\n(14)\nNumber of refills ordered;\n(15)\nSource of payment for the prescription; and\n(16)\nAny other required information as specified in the regulations promulgated by the Director to implement this chapter, or as required for the Program to be eligible to receive federal funds.\n\n(d)\nEach dispenser shall transmit the required reporting information in accordance with the manner, format, standards, and schedules established by the Director through rulemaking.\n\n(e)\nThe reporting requirements of this chapter shall not apply to the dispensing of covered substances when the dispensing is limited to the following:\n(1)\nAdministering covered substances;\n(2)\nDispensing covered substances within an appropriately licensed narcotic maintenance program;\n(3)\nDispensing covered substances to inpatients in hospitals or nursing facilities licensed by the Department or facilities that are otherwise authorized by law to operate as hospitals or nursing homes in the District;\n(4)\nDispensing covered substances to inpatients in hospices licensed by the Department; or\n(5)\nDispensing covered substances as otherwise provided in the Department’s regulations.","path":["Title 48. Foods and Drugs.","Chapter 8G. Prescription Drug Monitoring."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-853.03","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"b4fae4566e5e4d3c2f7c5c639b0febfccc2f590e5d62da4a1929e99424121a86","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-48-853.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-48-853.03a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}