Maryland Department of Health Modernizes Controlled Dangerous Substances Registration
January 29 2018 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
CDS Registration platform improving customer
service through reduced wait times
Maryland Department of Health Office of Controlled Substances
Administration (OCSA) recently launched a web-based platform for
applicants to easily renew their controlled dangerous substances
(CDS) registration online. The CDS Registration Renewal digital
platform can be accessed through the state's official website,
www.maryland.gov or directly by
visiting www.egov.maryland.gov/mdh/cds.
OCSA enforces the CDS Act and ensures the availability of drugs
for legitimate medical and scientific purposes while working to
prevent drug abuse. OCSA issues CDS permits to practitioners,
researchers, and establishments that administer, prescribe,
dispense, distribute, manufacture, conduct research, and conduct
chemical analysis of controlled dangerous substances.
More than 39,000 registrants in 35 classifications are required
to renew CDS registrations on a three-year cycle. During peak
months, as many as 3,000 registrants will renew. The new CDS
Registration Renewal platform is expected to reduce processing time
in issuing CDS registrations.
The CDS Registration Renewal platform includes functionality
designed to create an efficient and user-friendly experience for
applicants that include:
- Connecting in real-time to the four
main professional licensing boards (Physicians, Nursing, Pharmacy,
and Dentistry) to verify applicants have an active professional
license with no disciplinary actions/orders – 95 percent of the
applicants are part of one of these boards
- Connecting in real-time to the
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) database to verify the
applicants are registered
- Prompting applicants to upload required
documentation
- Automatically displaying appropriate
renewal term and fee based on applicant record
- Processing fee-exempt
registrations
With the new CDS Registration platform, applicants have the
added convenience of making renewal payments with a major credit or
debit card 24 hours per day 7 days per week at no additional
cost.
This service was developed at no cost to the OCSA through a
statewide self-funded digital eGovernment master services contract
with the Department of Information Technology (DoIT). The support
and maintenance for this service is being funded by OCSA.
About NIC Maryland
NIC Maryland builds, operates, maintains, and markets the
official website of the state of Maryland, www.maryland.gov
and its digital government services. NIC Maryland is a
collaborative public/private partnership managed by the Department
of Information Technology (DoIT) and NIC Maryland. NIC Maryland
helps Maryland state and local government entities web-enable their
services and operates without tax funds through a self-funded
digital government services contract. NIC Maryland has developed
dozens of digital government products and services for the state of
Maryland since the contract was awarded in August 2011.
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NIC MarylandJanet Grard, 443-924-7405jgrard@egov.com
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