Prescriptions
Sec. 9. (a) Except for dosages medically required for a period of
not more than forty-eight (48) hours that are dispensed by or on the
direction of a practitioner or medication 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.
(b) 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 7 of this chapter. No prescription for a schedule II
substance may be refilled.
(c) Except for dosages medically required for a period of not more
than forty-eight (48) hours that are dispensed by or on the direction
of a practitioner, or medication 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 IC 16-42-19, shall not be dispensed without a
written or oral prescription of a practitioner. The prescription shall
not be filled or refilled more than six (6) months after the date
thereof or be refilled more than five (5) times, unless renewed by the
practitioner. Prescriptions for schedule III, IV, and V controlled
substances may be transmitted by facsimile from the practitioner or
the agent of the practitioner to a pharmacy. The facsimile
prescription is equivalent to an original prescription to the extent
permitted under federal law.
(d) A controlled substance included in schedule V shall not be
distributed or dispensed other than for a medical purpose.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.2-1993,
SEC.192; P.L.163-1994, SEC.4; P.L.204-2005, SEC.21.
Last modified: May 24, 2006