Indiana § 16-42-20-4 Cooperative arrangements and confidentiality

Indiana Statutes

§ 16-42-20-4 — Cooperative arrangements and confidentiality

Indiana·Title 16 HEALTH·Art. 42 REGULATION OF FOOD, DRUGS, AND·Ch. 20 Drugs: Enforcement of Pharmacy Laws and Rules

(a)The Indiana board of pharmacy shall cooperate with federal and other state agencies in discharging the board's responsibilities concerning traffic in controlled substances and in suppressing the abuse of controlled substances. To this end, the board may do the following:

(1)Arrange for the exchange of information among governmental officials concerning the use and abuse of controlled substances.

(2)Coordinate and cooperate in training programs concerning controlled substance law enforcement at local, state, and federal levels.

(3)Cooperate with the Drug Enforcement Administration by establishing a centralized unit to accept, catalog, file, and collect statistics, including records of drug dependent persons and other controlled substance law offenders within Indiana, and make the inf

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(a) The Indiana board of pharmacy shall
cooperate with federal and other state agencies in discharging the
board's responsibilities concerning traffic in controlled substances and
in suppressing the abuse of controlled substances. To this end, the
board may do the following:
(1) Arrange for the exchange of information among governmental
officials concerning the use and abuse of controlled substances.
(2) Coordinate and cooperate in training programs concerning
controlled substance law enforcement at local, state, and federal
levels.
(3) Cooperate with the Drug Enforcement Administration by
establishing a centralized unit to accept, catalog, file, and collect
statistics, including records of drug dependent persons and other
controlled substance law offenders within Indiana, and make the
information available for federal, state, and local law enforcement
purposes. The board may not furnish the name or identity of a
patient or research subject whose identity cannot be obtained
under subsection (c).
(4) Conduct programs of eradication aimed at destroying wild or
illicit growth of plant species from which controlled substances
may be extracted.
(b) Results, information, and evidence received from the Drug
Enforcement Administration relating to the regulatory functions of this
chapter, including the results of inspections conducted by the Drug
Enforcement Administration, may be relied on and acted upon by the
Indiana board of pharmacy in the exercise of the board's regulatory
functions.
(c) A practitioner engaged in medical practice or research is not
required or compelled to furnish the name or identity of a patient or
research subject to the Indiana board of pharmacy. A practitioner may
not be compelled in any state or local civil, criminal, administrative,
legislative, or other proceedings to furnish the name or identity of an
individual that the practitioner is obligated to keep confidential.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-8.5-4.]

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