Monday, September 1, 2014

Multiple Prescriptions of a Schedule II CS in Kansas

Multiple Prescriptions of a Schedule II CS


The federal rule allows a practitioner to provide a patient with

multiple prescriptions on the same day for the same Schedule II

controlled substance (CS) to be filled sequentially. There is no

federal or state limit on the amount a prescriber can prescribe, but

when a prescriber issues multiple prescriptions of the same drug

on the same day, the combined amount shall not exceed a 90-day

supply. It is up to the prescriber to determine how many separate

prescriptions to write. For example, a prescriber may issue three

30-day Schedule II prescriptions to cover the 90 days, or he or she

may issue nine 10-day Schedule II prescriptions to cover the 90

days. Each prescription must be individually written on a separate

prescription. Once the prescription is filled, the inspector would

expect to find either three separate canceled prescriptions or nine

canceled prescriptions.

Source found here

Idaho Board of Pharmacy September 2014 Newsletter