§ 21-2A-08. Liability  


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  •    (a) Department, agents and employees. -- With respect to the administration and operation of the Program, the Department and its agents and employees are not subject to liability arising from:

       (1) The inaccuracy of any information submitted to the Program in accordance with this subtitle; or

       (2) The unauthorized use or disclosure of prescription monitoring data by a person to whom the Program was authorized to provide the prescription monitoring data under this subtitle.

    (b) Prescriber or dispenser. -- A prescriber or dispenser, acting in good faith, is not subject to liability or disciplinary action arising solely from:

       (1) Requesting or receiving, or failing to request or receive, prescription monitoring data from the Program; or

       (2) Acting, or failing to act, on the basis of prescription monitoring data provided by the Program.


HISTORY: 2011, ch. 166, § 2.