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North Carolina Controlled Substances Reporting System

This statewide reporting system was established by North Carolina law to improve the state’s ability to identify people who abuse and misuse prescription drugs classified as Schedule II-V controlled substances (Defined). It is also meant to assist clinicians in identifying and referring for treatment patients misusing controlled substances.The NC Commission for, and the Division of, Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services make rules and manage the program. (For details,go to the NC law revised 2009.)

Program goals:

• To identify and prevent diversion of prescribed controlled substnces.
• To reduce morbidity and mortality from unintentional drug overdoses. To reduce the costs associated with the misuse and abuse of controlled substances.
• To assist clinicians in identifying and referring for treatment patients misusing controlled substances.
• To reduce the cost for law enforcement of investigating cases of diversion and misuse.
• To inform the public, including health care professionals, of the use and abuse trends related to prescription drugs.

Access to Information in the Reporting System:

Information submitted through this reporting system is privileged, confidential and not considered a public record. Information may only be released under certain circumstances and to people authorized to receive the information. People authorized to get information from the system include:

• Persons authorized to prescribe or dispense controlled substances for the purpose of providing medical or pharmaceutical care for their patients.For physicians and pharmacists: Access Request and Privacy Forms | Instructions
  
  
• A person who request his or her own information. You must:
  
  
  1. Fill out this form (Must be notarized).
  2. Mail to:
     NC Controlled Substances Reporting System
     3008 Mail Service Center
     Raleigh, NC 27699-3008
     
     
• Special Agents of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation who are assigned to the Diversion & Environmental Crimes Unit....
• Assigned special agents of the primary monitoring authorities for other states….
• A court through to a lawful court order in a criminal action.
• The Division of Medical Assistance (DMA).
• Certain licensing boards.

Penalties for Misuse of the Reporting System:

There are financial penalties for misusing the information. There are also financial penalties available to a person whose information is misused.

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