NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement

Article 39
Players’ Rights To Medical Care and Treatment

Section 20(b)(iii)
Prescription Medication and Pain Management Program

(b)(iii)

Player Reporting Requirement. NFL players are required to report all prescription drugs that they are taking to either their Club’s Head Internal Medicine Physician or Pain Management Specialist (see below). The Club physician shall record all prescriptions in the player’s EMR for upload to the PDMP. Players shall provide the same information as required for Club physician-issued prescriptions (see Section 2(a)). The Parties acknowledge that certain medications prescribed for mental health purposes may be afforded heightened confidentiality protections and thereby excluded from the foregoing disclosure requirement. For purposes of clarity, nothing herein is intended to subordinate or alter those heightened confidentiality protections.