Prescription Drug Monitoring Program On Schedule

The Missouri Legislature passed a bill last year to require a statewide database to help doctors look for cases of suspected drug misuse. Dean Linneman, executive director of Missouri’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, says the state’s program is expected to roll out in 2023…

Pharmacists will be required to post the drug information within 24 hours. If they fails to appropriately submit the information, they would face a one-thousand dollar fine for each occurrence.