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Prescription Monitoring Program

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Perimeter Center
9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300
Richmond Virginia 23233-1463
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Email pmp@dhp.virginia.gov
Telephone: 367-4566
Fax number: 527-4470

Hours: Mon-Fri 8:15 to 5:00
except Holidays

“TIME TO TEAM UP!”

PMP & health professionals joining forces for patient care
Presentations from November 16, 2007 Conference

Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program

As of May 1, 2008 there are over 23.6 million records in the prescription monitoring program database.

Pain Management Course offering

The Virginia Department of Health Professions has partnered with the VCU School of Medicine in the development of an online pain management curriculum called VCU Chronic Nonmalignant Pain Management. This curriculum emphasizes current issues in the management of pain through a case-based format and offers ongoing access to practice resources in pain management.

Registration is free; you will need your Virginia license number and the following case-sensitive access code: “Virginia Pain”. Click here to register for the course. Questions and comments can be directed to Leanne M. Yanni, MD, Creator and Editor, at lyanni@mcvh-vcu.edu.

The PMP Data Center

Prescribers, Pharmacists, and other authorized users may make requests for data from the Prescription Monitoring Program via a secure web page. This web page will assist authorized users in organizing their requests and the reports that are generated by the program. Click here for a User information sheet.

If you are not already a registered user of the PMP Data Center click on the "Not a User? Register to become a User" link on the login screen, fill out the information form, click submit, then print the form out and fax it to 804-527-4470. Your User Name and Password will be mailed to your address of record on file with the Department of Health Professions. For questions about the PMP Data Center please call 804-367-4566.
Access the PMP Data Center.

 

Important Program Information

Description of Program

Who is required to report?

How to Report (Contractor information)

How to Request Information

Further reading

Model Policy for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain (Adopted by the Board of Medicine: June 24, 2004)(MS Word)

NIDA Research Report on Prescription Drugs (pdf)

NIDA Selected Prescription Drugs of Abuse Charts (pdf)

A Pharmacist's Guide to Prescription Fraud - Informational Brochure from the DEA

Don't Be Scammed by a Drug Abuser - Informational Brochure from the DEA

 

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