A. The State Board of Pharmacy shall develop on its website a complaint portal for patients, pharmacy, nursing and medical professionals and the public to submit information about potential violations by nonphysicians at no charge to the parties named in this subsection.
B. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision and the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall develop on their respective websites a complaint portal for patients, pharmacy, nursing and medical professionals and the public to submit information about potential violations by physicians at no charge to the parties named in this subsection.
C. The portal developed by the State Board of Pharmacy shall list the names of manufacturers and distributors that are certified under the program.
D. The portals developed by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision and the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall list the names of the fully licensed physicians certified under the program.
E. The portal shall allow the party to make a complaint anonymously.
F. The State Board of Pharmacy and physician licensing boards shall review each complaint and determine a disposition including referral to another appropriate state agency, within thirty (30) days of receipt of a complaint.
G. Confidentiality of the originator of the complaint shall be protected at all times except for intra-state referrals for investigation or if any disciplinary action is brought by a licensing board pursuant to this act.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 578, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.