Current Senate Bill SB 482 by State Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) would require physicians to check California's Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) database when prescribing Schedule II or III drugs to a patient for the first time, and regularly if treatment continues.

Hospitals and surgery centers operate with a number of individuals taking responsibility for a variety of tasks. A surgeon’s reliance on others, however, for the pre-surgery review of medications can expose a patient to catastrophic injury.

On July 22, President Obama signed into law the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016, also known as CARA.

CAP has revised its Medical Record Release Form font size (Authorization for Use and Disclosure of Medical Information) per regulation of the California Medical Information Act. Also, read recommendations for establishing written protocols for ordering and/or administration of medications in the office.

California’s interests in curbing drug abuse can overcome a patient’s expectation of privacy in his or her prescription history stored on the state’s CURES database, according to the Court of Appeal.