124.308  Prescriptions.

1.  Except when dispensed directly by a practitioner, other than a pharmacy, to an ultimate user, no controlled substance in schedule II may be dispensed without the written prescription of a practitioner.

2.  In emergency situations, as defined by rule of the board, schedule II drugs may be dispensed upon oral prescription of a practitioner, reduced promptly to writing and filed by the pharmacy. Prescriptions shall be retained in conformity with the requirements of section 124.306. No prescription for a schedule II substance may be refilled.

3.  Except when dispensed directly by a practitioner, other than a pharmacy, to an ultimate user, a controlled substance included in schedule III or IV, which is a prescription drug as determined under chapter 155A, shall not be dispensed without a written or oral prescription of a practitioner. The prescription may not be filled or refilled more than six months after the date thereof or be refilled more than five times, unless renewed by the practitioner.

4.  A controlled substance included in schedule V shall not be distributed or dispensed other than for a medical purpose.

Section History: Early form

  [C39, § 3169.06; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 204.6; C71, § 204.6, 204A.7; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 204.308]

Section History: Recent form

  87 Acts, ch 215, § 44

  C93, § 124.308

Internal References

  Referred to in § 124.402

Footnotes

  See § 147.107, 205.3


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