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2017 Delaware Code
Title 24 - Professions and Occupations
CHAPTER 21. OPTOMETRY
§ 2122. Prescription requirements.

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24 DE Code § 2122 (2017)
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(a) No written prescription shall be prescribed if it does not contain the following information clearly written, clearly hand printed, electronically printed, or typed:

(1) The name, address and phone number of the prescriber;

(2) The name and strength of the drug prescribed;

(3) The quantity of the drug prescribed;

(4) The directions for use of the drug;

(5) Date of issue.

(b) Optometrists who apply for a provider identifier number for controlled substances shall do so as outlined by the Division of Professional Regulation.

(c) A completed application must provide proof of graduate level coursework that includes general and ocular pharmacology.

(d) Controlled substances registration must include both of the following:

(1) Optometrists must register with the Drug Enforcement Agency [DEA] and use such DEA number for controlled substance prescriptions.

(2) Optometrists must register biennially with the Office of Controlled Substances in accordance with § 4732 of Title 16.

75 Del. Laws, c. 161, § 7; 80 Del. Laws, c. 356, § 1.;

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