2010 Idaho Code
TITLE 37 FOOD, DRUGS, AND OIL
CHAPTER 27 UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
ARTICLE III
37-2725 PRESCRIPTION REQUIRED -- PRESCRIPTION BLANKS -- POSSESSION -- TRANSFERENCE -- CONTENTS.

TITLE 37

FOOD, DRUGS, AND OIL

CHAPTER 27

UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

ARTICLE III

37-2725. Prescription required -- Prescription blanks -- Possession -- Transference -- Contents. (1) A prescription shall be required for all scheduled drugs. Except as provided in subsection (7) of this section, written prescriptions shall comply with federal law and shall utilize noncopyable paper that contains security provisions against copying that results in some indication on the copy that it is a copy and therefore rendering it null and void. Board rules, policies or requirements promulgated or issued to implement the provisions of house bill no. 331 of the first regular session of the fifty-sixth Idaho legislature that amended this section 37-2725, Idaho Code, shall be null and void and without effect after June 30, 2002. The board shall adopt rules using negotiated rulemaking procedures to implement the provisions of this section that are consistent with, but no more stringent than the requirements of this section and the federal requirements for prescription blanks.

(2) Prescription blanks shall not be transferable. Any person possessing any such blank otherwise than is herein provided is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(3) The prescription blank shall contain the name and address of the practitioner. Prescription blanks may contain the printed names of multiple practitioners who are affiliated; provided however, such prescription blanks shall contain a means (in addition to the signature of the practitioner), such as a box or a check, for clear identification of the printed name and address of the practitioner issuing the prescription.

(4) Prescriptions written by a practitioner in a hospital, nursing home, ambulatory surgery center or other health care facility in which a practitioner may attend a patient, other than his or her regular place of business, may be written on prescription blanks kept or provided by that facility that contains the name and address of that facility (but not necessarily of the practitioner) provided the practitioner’s name must be stamped, written or printed on the completed prescription in a manner that is legible to a pharmacist.

(5) Failure of a practitioner to clearly mark the practitioner’s printed name and address on the prescription as required in subsection (3) of this section, or to stamp, write or print the practitioner’s name legibly as required in subsection (4) of this section shall subject the practitioner to appropriate discipline by the board. The disciplinary measures shall be established by the board in a rule developed through negotiated rulemaking.

(6) Except as provided in section 37-2722, Idaho Code, if a prescription is for a schedule II substance, the practitioner shall indicate the desired quantity of the scheduled drug on the prescription blank by both writing out the quantity and by indicating or writing the quantity in numerical form.

(7) Prescription blanks issued or approved by the board prior to the effective date of this act shall remain valid and may be used by practitioners after the effective date of this act.

(8) Prescription blanks or drugs lost or stolen must be immediately reported to the board.