MA Reporting: Residents

Question - 

Are CRs who are residents of MA reportable to MA?

Answer -

Yes.

To be a “health care practitioner”, an individual must be duly licensed by a professional board of registration and possess a valid Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration (MCSR) or be authorized to prescribe pursuant to the MCSR of a health care facility (i.e., residents).

Classes of individuals in the Commonwealth who may be both licensed to provide health care (i.e., by a professional board of registration) and registered to prescribe prescription drugs (i.e., possess a MCSR), and therefore may be a “health care practitioner”, include the following:
 Advanced Practice Nurse
 Certified nurse-midwife
 Nurse Practitioner
 Psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist
 Physician Assistant

Residents are authorized to prescribe pursuant to a MCSR, and therefore are reportable.