---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 1.515"
title: "38"
number: "1.515"
heading: "Disclosure of information to participate in state prescription drug monitoring programs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/1.515"
---

# §1.515. Disclosure of information to participate in state prescription drug monitoring programs.

- (a) **General.** Information covered by [§§ 1.500 through 1.527](/cfr/38/1.500..1.527.md) of this part may be disclosed to State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs pursuant to the limitations set forth in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
- (b) **Definitions.** For the purposes of this section:

  Controlled substance means any substance identified in [21 CFR part 1308](/cfr/21/part1308.md) as a schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance.

  State Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) means a State controlled substance monitoring program, including a program approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act ([42 U.S.C. 280g-3](/usc/42/280g-3.md)).

- (c) **Participation in PDMPs.** VA may disclose to PDMPs any of the following information concerning the prescription of controlled substances:
  - (1) Demographic information of veterans and dependents of veterans who are prescribed a controlled substance. Examples include name, address, and telephone number.
  - (2) **Information about the prescribed controlled substances.** Examples include the identification of the substance by a national drug code number, quantity dispensed, number of refills ordered, whether the substances were dispensed as a refill of a prescription or as a first-time request, and date of origin of the prescription.
  - (3) **Prescriber information.** Examples include the prescriber's United States Drug Enforcement Administration-issued identification number authorizing the individual to prescribe controlled substances and United States Department of Health and Human Services-issued National Provider Identifier number.

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 9593, Feb. 11, 2013]

### Amendments

[32 FR 10848, July 25, 1967]

### Authority

Authority: Sections 1.500 to 1.527 issued under 72 Stat. 1114, 1236, as amended; 38 U.S.C. 501, 5701.

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 33944, Aug. 12, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[78 FR 9593, Feb. 11, 2013]