Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4729:5 - Dangerous Drugs › Chapter 4729:5-5 - Outpatient Pharmacies › Section 4729:5-5-15 - Manner of issuance of a prescription

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								A prescription,
			 to be valid, must be issued for a legitimate medical purpose by an individual
			 prescriber acting in the usual course of the prescriber's professional
			 practice. The responsibility for the proper prescribing is upon the prescriber,
			 but a corresponding responsibility rests with the pharmacist who dispenses the
			 prescription. An order purporting to be a prescription issued not in the usual
			 course of bona fide treatment of a patient is not a prescription and the person
			 knowingly dispensing such a purported prescription, as well as the person
			 issuing it, shall be subject to the penalties of law.
(B)
								All outpatient
			 prescriptions issued by a prescriber shall:
(1)
									Be dated as of
			 and on the day when issued.
(2)
									Contain the
			 manually printed, typewritten, or preprinted full name, professional title, and
			 address of the prescriber. The prescriber's address shall include the physical
			 address of the prescriber's practice location.
(3)
									Indicate a
			 telephone number where the prescriber can be contacted during normal business
			 hours.
(4)
									Indicate the full name and residential address of the
			 patient; or, if the patient is an animal, the last name of the owner, name of
			 animal (if applicable), and species of the animal or animals. The patient or
			 owner's residential address shall include a physical street
			 address.
(5)
									Indicate the drug name and strength.
(6)
									Indicate the
			 quantity to dispense.
(7)
									Indicate the appropriate and explicit directions for
			 use.
(8)
									Specify the number of times or the period of time for
			 which the prescription may be refilled. If no such authorization is given, the
			 prescription may not be refilled except in accordance with section
			 4729.281 of the Revised
			 Code.
(a)
										Prescriptions for non-controlled substance dangerous drugs
			 bearing "PRN," "Ad lib," or other similar prescription refill designation
			 permitting the pharmacist to refill the prescription as needed by the patient,
			 shall be refilled only in keeping with the number of doses ordered and
			 according to the directions for use, and, in no instance, shall such
			 prescription be refilled beyond one year from the date of issue. The
			 prescription shall not be refilled out of context with the dosage schedule
			 indicated in the directions for use unless specifically authorized by the
			 prescriber.
(b)
										Prescriptions for controlled substance dangerous drugs
			 bearing "PRN," "Ad lib," or other similar prescription refill designation are
			 not considered a valid refill authorization.
(9)
									Not authorize any
			 refills for schedule II controlled substances.
(10)
									Authorize
			 refills for schedules III and IV controlled substances only as permitted by
			 section 3719.05 of the Revised
			 Code.
(11)
									Not authorize a refill beyond one year from the date of
			 issuance for schedule V controlled substances and for dangerous drugs that are
			 not controlled substances.
(12)
									Identify the
			 trade name or generic name of the drug(s) in a compounded
			 prescription.
(13)
									Not be coded in such a manner that it cannot be
			 dispensed by any pharmacy of the patient's choice.
(14)
									For a controlled
			 substance:
(a)
										Indicate the drug enforcement administration registration
			 number of the prescriber pursuant to
			 21 CFR
			 1306.05 (3/31/2010).
(b)
										Except for
			 veterinarians licensed pursuant to Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code, indicate
			 either:
(i)
											The
			 ICD-10-CM medical diagnosis code of the primary disease or condition that the
			 controlled substance is being used to treat. The code shall, at a minimum,
			 include the first four alphanumeric characters of the ICD-10-CM medical
			 diagnosis code, sometimes referred to as the category and the etiology (ex. M
			 16.5 ).
(ii)
											For dentists licensed pursuant to Chapter 4715. of the
			 Revised Code, the Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature (CDT Code), as
			 published by the American dental association, of the dental treatment requiring
			 the controlled substance prescription.
(15)
									Except for
			 veterinarians licensed under Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code, for all
			 controlled substances and products containing gabapentin: indicate the
			 prescriber's intended days' supply of the prescription.
(16)
									For a managing
			 pharmacist acting as an agent of a physician pursuant to section
			 4729.39 of the Revised Code and
			 Chapter 4729:1-6 of the Administrative Code, the prescription shall include the
			 full name of the managing pharmacist.
(17)
									Be issued in
			 compliance with all applicable federal and Ohio laws, rules, and
			 regulations.