Prescription monitoring and methadone

Today a new patient came in. I ran his date of birth and name through the prescription monitoring for my state. I ran it for adjoining states as well. It came up empty. He tells me he is on methadone, liquid from a clinic. He showed me the bottles. He gets the medication from the clinic. Do these clinics bypass having to report to the prescription monitoring sites? This kind of defeats the purpose for a doctor like me. Luckily, he told me he is on it and showed me the bottles. I... Prescription monitoring and methadone
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