(a) A controlled substance electronic prescription accountability system shall be established within six months of June 18, 1996.

Attorney's Note

Under the Hawaii Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
misdemeanorup to 1 year$2,000
For details, see Haw. Rev. Stat. § 706-663

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-101

  • Address: means , with respect to prescriptions, the physical location where an individual resides such as:

    (1) Street address, city, and state;
    (2) Tax map key number; or
    (3) The description of a physical location. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Administrator: means the administrator of the narcotics enforcement division of the department of law enforcement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Central repository: means a central repository established under § 329-102. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Controlled substance: means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in schedules I through V of part II. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Department: means the department of law enforcement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Designated state agency: means the narcotics enforcement division, department of law enforcement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Dispense: means to deliver a controlled substance to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including the administering of a practitioner's controlled substances, and packaging, labeling, or compounding necessary to prepare the substance for that delivery. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Dispenser: means a practitioner who dispenses. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Drug: means :

    (1) Substances recognized as drugs in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them;
    (2) Substances intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animals;
    (3) Substances (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or animals; and
    (4) Substances intended for use as a component of any article specified in clause (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Electronic prescription: means a prescription that is generated on an electronic prescription application and transmitted as an electronic data file that complies with all applicable requirements of Title Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1311 and any additional rules adopted by the department

    "Electronic prescription application" means electronic prescription software either as a stand-alone application or as a module in an electronic health record application. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1

  • Identification number: means , with respect to a patient:

    (1) The patient's unique valid driver's license number or state identification card number, followed by the abbreviation of the state issuing the driver's license or state identification card, or the patient's military identification number;
    (2) If the patient is a foreign patient, the patient's passport number;
    (3) If the patient does not have a valid driver's license, state identification card, or military identification, the patient's social security number;
    (4) If the patient is less than eighteen years of age and has none of the identification referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3), the unique number on the valid driver's license, state identification card, military identification, or passport of the patient's parent or guardian; or
    (5) If the controlled substance is obtained for an animal, the unique number of the animal's owner as described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Practitioner: means :

    (1) A physician, dentist, veterinarian, scientific investigator, or other person licensed and registered under § 329-32 to distribute, dispense, or conduct research with respect to a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this State;
    (2) An advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority licensed and registered under § 329-32 to prescribe and administer controlled substances in the course of professional practice in this State; and
    (3) A pharmacy, hospital, or other institution licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or to administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Prescription: means an order for medication, which is dispensed to or for an ultimate user. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, and any area subject to the legal authority of the United States of America. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • System: means an electronic prescription accountability system as described in part VIII. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
(b) The designated state agency shall determine those schedules of controlled substances, classes of controlled substances, and specific controlled substances that are purportedly being misused and abused in the State. As part of the controlled substance registration process, all practitioners, except veterinarians, and pharmacies shall be registered with the department to utilize the electronic prescription accountability system. No identified controlled substances may be dispensed unless information relevant to the dispensation of the substance is reported electronically or by means indicated by the designated state agency to the central repository established under § 329-102, in accordance with rules adopted by the department.
(c) The information required by this section shall be transmitted: on an electronic device that is compatible with the receiving device of the central repository; or by computer diskette, magnetic tape, or pharmacy universal claim form that meets the specifications provided in the rules of the designated state agency. The information to be transmitted under subsection (b) shall include at least the following for each dispensation:

(1) The patient’s name;
(2) The patient’s identification number;
(3) The patient’s date of birth;
(4) The patient’s address;
(5) The eight-digit national drug code number of the substance dispensed;
(6) The date the prescription was issued;
(7) The date of dispensation;
(8) The quantity and number of refills authorized;
(9) The practitioner‘s Drug Enforcement Administration registration number;
(10) The pharmacy’s National Association of Boards of Pharmacy number and location; and
(11) The practitioner’s practice specialty and subspecialties, as determined by the applicable licensure boards.
(d) Under the system:

(1) Information shall be reported in numerical format, not less than once every seven days, on the filling of prescriptions for designated controlled substances and the dispensing of drug samples by a licensed practitioner; and
(2) Each dispenser shall maintain a record of such filled prescriptions, including all information described in subsection (c), for a period of five years. Each dispenser shall keep these records available for inspection and copying by the designated state agency.
(e) The system shall provide for the use of a central repository in accordance with § 329-102. The operation of the system shall be overseen by the designated state agency. The system shall include provisions to protect the confidentiality of information in the system, in accordance with section 329-104.
(f) Intentional or knowing failure to transmit any information as required by this section, including a request by the designated state agency for data corrections, shall be a misdemeanor, may incur administrative fines, and shall result in the immediate suspension of that pharmacy or practitioner’s ability to dispense controlled substances in the State until authorized by the administrator.