“Prescription” defined.
1. “Prescription” means:
(a) An order given individually for the person for whom prescribed, directly from the practitioner to a pharmacist or indirectly by means of an order signed by the practitioner or by an electronic transmission from the practitioner to a pharmacist.
(b) A chart order written for an inpatient specifying drugs which he is to take home upon discharge.
2. The term does not include a chart order written for an inpatient for use while he is an inpatient.
Last modified: February 27, 2006