2003 Florida Code
TITLE XXXII REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 456 HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS: GENERAL PROVISIONS
456.42 Written prescriptions for medicinal drugs.
456.42 Written prescriptions for medicinal drugs.--A written prescription for a medicinal drug issued by a health care practitioner licensed by law to prescribe such drug must be legibly printed or typed so as to be capable of being understood by the pharmacist filling the prescription; must contain the name of the prescribing practitioner, the name and strength of the drug prescribed, the quantity of the drug prescribed in both textual and numerical formats, and the directions for use of the drug; must be dated with the month written out in textual letters; and must be signed by the prescribing practitioner on the day when issued.
History.--s. 1, ch. 2003-41.
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