Hickenlooper Signs Mandatory PDMP Enrollment Measure

Every medical provider and pharmacist in Colorado authorized to prescribe controlled substances by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration would have to register and maintain a user account with the state’s prescription drug-monitoring program under a bill signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper.HB 1283 by Rep. Beth McCann, D-Denver, requires anyone who prescribes or dispenses controlled substances to create an account with the PDMP no later than Jan. 1, 2015.The bill also allows doctors and pharmacists to identify up to three designees who can access the drug-monitoring database. The physicia...