961.37 Law enforcement duty.

(1) A law enforcement officer shall report as provided in sub. (2) if the law enforcement officer, while acting in an official capacity, does any of the following:

(a) Encounters a situation in which the law enforcement officer reasonably suspects that a violation of this chapter involving a monitored prescription drug, as defined in s. 961.385 (1) (ag), is occurring or has occurred.

(b) Encounters an individual who the law enforcement officer believes is undergoing or has immediately prior experienced an opioid-related drug overdose, as defined in s. 256.40 (1) (d), or a deceased individual who the law enforcement officer believes died as a result of using a narcotic drug.

(c) Receives a report of a stolen controlled-substance prescription.

(2) A law enforcement officer under sub. (1) shall report to the law enforcement agency that employs him or her all of the following:

(a) The name and date of birth of all of the following, if applicable:

1. The individual who is suspected of violating this chapter.

2. The individual who experienced an opioid-related drug overdose.

3. The individual who died as a result of using a narcotic drug.

4. The individual who filed the report of a stolen controlled-substance prescription.

5. The individual for whom a prescription drug related to an event under subd. 1., 2., 3., or 4. was prescribed.

(b) The name of the prescribing practitioner, the prescription number, and the name of the drug as it appears on the prescription order or prescription medicine container if a prescription medicine container was in the vicinity of the suspected violation, drug overdose, or death or if a controlled-substance prescription was reported stolen.

(3)

(a) The law enforcement agency receiving the report under sub. (2) shall, except as provided under par. (b), submit notice of the suspected violation of this chapter, the opioid-related drug overdose, the death as a result of using a narcotic drug, or the report of a stolen controlled-substance prescription, and the information reported under sub. (2) to the prescription drug monitoring program.

(b) If a law enforcement agency determines that submitting any information under par. (a) would interfere with an active criminal investigation, the law enforcement agency may postpone the action until the investigation concludes.

History: 2015 a. 268.