PDMP Legal Requirements

Latest Legal Requirements for Prescribers and Dispensers

2023
- Naloxone dispensing is required to be reported. Starting July 20th, dispensers of controlled substances (CS) must report naloxone dispensing to the PDMP for use in public health surveillance and planning.
2020
- HB 663 (Chapter 290)
2019
- Dispensers must report every 24 hours, including the submission of "zero reports" if no dispensing occurs.
- HB 466 (Chapter 364)
2018
- Use mandate requires providers, with some exceptions, to query and review their patient's PDMP data for those receiving CS prescriptions.
2017
- SB 38 (Chapter 40)
2016
- Registration mandate goes into effect, requiring Maryland-licensed prescribers and pharmacists authorized to prescribe CS in Maryland to register with the PDMP.
2015
- SB 757 (Chapter 381)
2014
- HB 255 (Chapter 92)
2013
- SB 80 (Chapter 177)
2011
- PDMP authorized by law and became a program within Maryland Department of Health (MDH). CRISP, the state-designated health information exchange, is the web-based portal giving providers free and secure online access to the PDMP.