Answer: If the animal has multiple owners, the dispenser should report the prescription to the MN PMP under only one of the owners, by using the client’s name, DOB, and gender as provided to the veterinarian.
Answer: If an animal’s name is truly unknown, then “Unknown” should be entered in the Name of Animal field (e.g. police officer locates an injured animal and brings to veterinary emergency room, upon which the animal is discharged with a controlled substance medication).
Answer: If an animal is discharged from an inpatient facility and the owner is unknown, then the rescue director or animal control officer is considered the owner of the animal. The date of birth and gender of the rescue director or animal control officer should be utilized if the animal is discharged with controlled substance medications when reporting to the MN PMP. The address of the rescue organization or animal control should be utilized when reporting address to the MN PMP.
Answer: If the owner changes the animal’s name, then this will be reflected when a new prescription is reported to the PMP. By associating an animal’s prescription with its owner, insight may be gained if a client is changing the animal’s name in an attempt to mislead veterinarians or mix the animal’s controlled substance prescriptions with their own.
Answer: If an animal’s owner changes, then this will be reflected with a new owner’s name when a prescription is issued and reported to the PMP under new ownership.
Answer: With the association of the animal’s prescription to the client or owner, the animal’s DOB is no longer a required field when reporting to the MN PMP. Rather, the client’s DOB should be reported in PAT18, Date of Birth.
Answer: When a prescription is dispensed for an animal, the reporting dispenser is required to indicate that the prescription is for a veterinary patient. Additionally, the name of the animal must be reported to the MN PMP along with the owner or caretaker’s information. The following applies to a MN PMP NarxCare report for a human patient, that shows prescription(s) reported as dispensed for an animal in their care:
Answer: Submit the prescription record using the prescribing veterinarian’s Minnesota license number as the identifier (PRE04.) License numbers can be found on the Minnesota Board of Veterinary Medicine’s online search tool. (If the prescribing veterinarian is licensed outside of MN, please contact the program staff at minnesota.pmp@state.mn.us.)
Communications were sent to all data submitters regarding animal prescription reporting. See communications HERE.
Update June 2022
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