Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 2 - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES › Rule 6 - Issuance, Filling and Filing Prescriptions › Section 6-7 - Schedule II controlled substances; prescription required; exceptions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  35-48-3-1
Affected: IC 35-48
Sec. 7.
(a) A
				pharmacist may dispense directly a controlled substance listed in schedule II,
				which is a prescription drug as determined under the federal Food, Drug, and
				Cosmetic Act, only pursuant to a prescription signed by the prescribing
				individual practitioner, except as provided in subsection (d).
(b) An individual practitioner may administer
				or dispense directly a controlled substance listed in schedule II in the course
				of his or her professional practice without a prescription subject to section 6
				of this rule.
(c) An institutional
				practitioner may administer or dispense directly (but not prescribe) a
				controlled substance listed in schedule II only pursuant to a prescription
				signed by the prescribing individual practitioner or to an order for medication
				made by an individual practitioner that is dispensed for immediate
				administration to the ultimate user.
(d) In the case of an emergency situation, as
				defined in subsection (e), a pharmacist may dispense a controlled substance
				listed in schedule II upon receiving oral authorization of a prescribing
				individual practitioner provided the following:
(1) The quantity prescribed and dispensed is
				limited to the amount adequate to treat the patient during the emergency
				period. Dispensing beyond the emergency period must be pursuant to a written
				prescription signed by the prescribing individual practitioner.
(2) The prescription shall be immediately
				reduced to writing by the pharmacist and shall contain all information required
				in section 4 of this rule, except for the signature of the prescribing
				individual practitioner.
(3) If the
				prescribing individual practitioner is not known to the pharmacist, he or she
				must make a reasonable effort to determine that the oral authorization came
				from a registered individual practitioner, which may include a callback to the
				prescribing individual practitioner using his or her phone number as listed in
				the telephone directory and/or other good faith efforts to assure his or her
				identity.
(4) Within seven (7) days
				after authorizing an emergency oral prescription, the prescribing individual
				practitioner shall cause a written prescription for the emergency quantity
				prescribed to be delivered to the dispensing pharmacist. In addition to
				conforming to the requirements of section 4 of this rule, the prescription
				shall have written on its face "Authorization for Emergency Dispensing" and the
				date of the oral order. The written prescription may be delivered to the
				pharmacist in person or by mail, but if delivered by mail, it must be
				postmarked within the seven (7) day period. Upon receipt, the dispensing
				pharmacist shall attach this prescription to the oral emergency prescription
				that had earlier been reduced to writing. The pharmacist shall notify the
				Indiana board of pharmacy if the prescribing individual fails to deliver a
				written prescription to him or her, failure of the pharmacist to do so shall
				void the authority conferred by this subdivision to dispense without a written
				prescription of a prescribing individual practitioner.