Prescription to be written on prescription blank or chart of patient; contents.
1. Each prescription for a dangerous drug must be written on a prescription blank or as an order on the chart of a patient. A chart of a patient may be used to order multiple prescriptions for that patient.
2. A written prescription must contain:
(a) The name of the practitioner, his signature if the prescription was not transmitted orally and his address if not immediately available to the pharmacist;
(b) The classification of his license;
(c) The name of the patient, and his address if not immediately available to the pharmacist;
(d) The name, strength and quantity of the drug or drugs prescribed;
(e) Directions for use; and
(f) The date of issue.
3. Directions for use must be specific in that they must indicate the portion of the body to which the medication is to be applied, or, if to be taken into the body by means other than orally, the orifice or canal of the body into which the medication is to be inserted or injected.
Last modified: February 26, 2006