North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 56 - Optometry, Board of › Article 56-02 - Optometrist Licensure › Chapter 56-02-05 - Certification - Pharmaceutical Agents, Controlled Substances, and Treatment of Glaucoma › Section 56-02-05-08 - Prescribing controlled substances

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The secretary of the board shall certify to the federal drug
				  enforcement agency each licensed optometrist authorized by the board to
				  prescribe controlled substances. When used in this chapter, the term
				  "controlled substances" means only those controlled pharmaceutical agents
				  specifically authorized by North Dakota Century Code chapter 43-13 to be
				  prescribed by optometrists.
1.
				Optometrists desiring to prescribe controlled substances must obtain and have a
				current drug enforcement agency registration number for schedule 3 as required
				for mid-level practitioners prior to prescribing controlled substances.
2. Optometrists desiring to
				prescribe controlled substances must comply with all federal, state, and local
				laws and regulations governing controlled substances, including the definition
				of controlled substances as found in North Dakota Century Code chapter 43-13.
				Violation of any such controlled substance laws or regulations may be grounds
				for criminal or civil prosecution under applicable law as well as disciplinary
				action by the board.
3.
				Optometrists are prohibited from possessing or dispensing any controlled
				substance as part of their practice. An optometrist may possess a controlled
				substance only when being treated for a legitimate medical condition and when
				such substance is administrated or prescribed by a person licensed and
				authorized to do so.
4.
				Optometrists who are authorized by the board to prescribe controlled substances
				and registered with the drug enforcement agency may only issue a prescription
				for a controlled substance listed in schedule 3 while acting in the normal
				course of the accepted standard of practice. The issuance of each such
				prescription must be for a legitimate medical purpose.
5. Optometrists who are authorized by the
				board to prescribe controlled substances and registered with the drug
				enforcement agency are prohibited from prescribing controlled substances for
				themselves.
6. Optometrists who
				are authorized by the board to prescribe controlled substances and registered
				with the drug enforcement agency are prohibited from prescribing controlled
				substances to persons known or suspected to be addicted to controlled
				substances.
7. The refill section
				of a prescription order issued by an authorized optometrist for a controlled
				substance must have the word "NO" written in it. The numeral "0" in this
				section or leaving the section blank is prohibited.
8. All controlled substance prescription
				orders issued by an authorized optometrist must have the number of dosage units
				(tablets) written out in the English language and, in addition, Arabic numbers
				must be recorded (e.g., "three" and in addition "3").
9. The controlled substance prescription
				order must be signed only by the issuing licensed optometrist authorized by the
				board to prescribe controlled substances and registered with the drug
				enforcement agency.
10. All
				prescription orders for controlled substances issued by an optometrist must be
				dated on and signed on the day when issued and must contain the full name and
				address of the patient, drug name, strength, dosage form, quantity prescribed,
				and directions for use and the name, address, and drug enforcement agency
				registration number of the licensed optometrist.
11. The licensed optometrist must maintain a
				separate written log of each controlled substance prescription issued. The log
				must be made available to the board upon request and must contain the patient's
				name, address, and date of prescription; the drug name, strength, and dosage
				form; and the quantity of controlled substances prescribed. The log must be
				made available to the drug enforcement agency or other law enforcement agencies
				as required by law.
General Authority: NDCC
					 43-13-13
Law
					 Implemented: NDCC
					 43-13-01,
					 43-13-22