North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 26 - MENTAL HEALTH, GENERAL › Subchapter E - MANUFACTURERS: DISTRIBUTORS: DISPENSERS AND RESEARCHERS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES › Section .0100 - REGISTRATION OF MANUFACTURERS: DISTRIBUTORS: AND DISPENSERS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES › Section 26E .0110 - EXEMPTION OF INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONERS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The
				  requirement of registration is waived for all physicians, dentists,
				  podiatrists, pharmacists, optometrists and veterinarians practicing as
				  individual practitioners and licensed in North Carolina by their respective
				  boards to the extent authorized by their boards; except as noted in
				  G.S.
				  90-101(a1).
(b) An individual practitioner (other than an
				  intern, resident or foreign trained physician on the staff of a Veterans
				  Administration facility or physician who is an agent or employee of the Health
				  Bureau of the Canal Zone Government) who is an agent or employee of another
				  practitioner registered to dispense controlled substances may, when acting in
				  the usual course of employment, administer and dispense (other than by issuance
				  of prescription) controlled substances if and to the extent that such
				  individual practitioner is authorized or permitted to do so by the jurisdiction
				  in which the individual practices under the registration of the employer or
				  principal practitioner in lieu of being registered.
(c) An individual practitioner who is an
				  intern, resident or foreign-trained physician or physician on the staff of a
				  Veterans Administration facility or physician who is an agent or employee of
				  the Health Bureau of the Canal Zone Government may dispense, administer and
				  prescribe controlled substances under the registration of the hospital or other
				  registered institution in which the individual is employed in lieu of being
				  registered, provided that:
(1) such
				  dispensing, administering or prescribing is done in the usual course of
				  professional practice;
(2) such
				  individual practitioner is authorized or permitted to do so by the jurisdiction
				  in which the individual is practicing;
(3) the hospital or other institution by whom
				  the individual is employed has verified that the individual practitioner is so
				  permitted to dispense, administer or prescribe drugs within the
				  jurisdiction;
(4) such individual
				  practitioner is acting only within the scope of employment in the hospital or
				  institution;
(5) the hospital or
				  other institution authorizes the intern, resident or foreign-trained physician
				  to dispense or prescribe under the hospital registration and designates a
				  specific internal code number for each intern, resident or foreign physician so
				  authorized. The code number shall consist of numbers, letters or a combination
				  thereof and shall be a suffix to the institution's Drug Enforcement
				  Administration registration number preceded by a hyphen (e.g., AP0123456-10 or
				  AP0123456-A12); and
(6) current
				  list of internal codes and the corresponding individual practitioner is kept by
				  the hospital or other institution and is made available at all times to other
				  registrants and law enforcement agencies upon request for the purpose of
				  verifying the authority of the prescribing individual practitioner.