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WV HB3177
Bill
Status
3/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Carl Martin
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AI Summary
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Grants licensed healthcare professionals certified as medical examiners with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration access to West Virginia's Controlled Substances Monitoring Database maintained by the Board of Pharmacy
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Expands the existing list of authorized database users, which currently includes pharmacy board inspectors, state police, DEA agents, licensing boards, prescribing practitioners, pharmacists, and medical examiners
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Database access allows medical examiners to review patients' controlled substance prescription histories when conducting examinations for commercial driver fitness certifications
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Database information remains confidential, exempt from public records laws, and not discoverable in civil matters without a court order
Legislative Description
Relating to access of records in controlled substance monitoring
Crime
Last Action
To House Health and Human Resources
3/6/2025