{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-1-45","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 45:1-45","heading":"Prescription Monitoring Program; requirements.","body":"25.\tPrescription Monitoring Program; requirements.\na.\tThere is established the Prescription Monitoring Program in the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety.  The program shall consist of an electronic system for monitoring controlled dangerous substances that are dispensed in or into the State by a pharmacist in an outpatient setting.\nb.\tEach pharmacy permit holder shall submit, or cause to be submitted, to the division, by electronic means in a format and at such intervals as are specified by the director, information about each prescription for a controlled dangerous substance dispensed by the pharmacy that includes:\n(1)\tThe surname, first name, and date of birth of the patient for whom the medication is intended;\n(2)\tThe street address and telephone number of the patient;\n(3)\tThe date that the medication is dispensed;\n(4)\tThe number or designation identifying the prescription and the National Drug Code of the drug dispensed;\n(5)\tThe pharmacy permit number of the dispensing pharmacy;\n(6)\tThe prescribing practitioner's name and Drug Enforcement Administration registration number;\n(7)\tThe name, strength, and quantity of the drug dispensed, the number of refills ordered, and whether the drug was dispensed as a refill or a new prescription;\n(8)\tThe date that the prescription was issued by the practitioner;\n(9)\tThe source of payment for the drug dispensed;\n(10) Identifying information for any individual, other than the patient for whom the prescription was written, who picks up a prescription, if the pharmacist has a reasonable belief that the person picking up the prescription may be seeking a controlled dangerous substance, in whole or in part, for any reason other than delivering the substance to the patient for the treatment of an existing medical condition; and\n(11) Such other information, not inconsistent with federal law, regulation, or funding eligibility requirements, as the director determines necessary.\nThe pharmacy permit holder shall submit the information to the division with respect to the prescriptions dispensed during the reporting period not less frequently than every seven days.\nc.\tThe division may grant a waiver of electronic submission to any pharmacy permit holder for good cause, including financial hardship, as determined by the director.  The waiver shall state the format in which the pharmacy permit holder shall submit the required information.\nd.\tThe requirements of this act shall not apply to:  the direct administration of a controlled dangerous substance to the body of an ultimate user; or the administration or dispensing of a controlled dangerous substance that is otherwise exempted as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to the \"National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005,\" Pub.L.109-60.\ne.\tThe provisions of paragraph (10) of subsection b. of this section shall not take effect until the director determines that the Prescription Monitoring Program has the technical capacity to accept the information required by that paragraph.\nL.2007, c.244, s.25; amended 2015, c.74, s.3.","path":["TITLE 45 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"4775c6892f7e1b47aee9b43c9724167c96f7e55aa46f0104f33806c48683b0b3","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-1-44","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-1-45.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}