2014 Idaho Statutes
Title 37 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND OIL
Chapter 27 - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Article III
Section 37-2725 - PRESCRIPTION REQUIRED -- PRESCRIPTION BLANKS -- POSSESSION -- TRANSFERENCE -- CONTENTS.

37-2725. Prescription required -- Prescription blanks -- Possession -- Transference -- Contents. (1) A prescription shall be required for all scheduled drugs. Paper 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.

(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 contain 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 paper 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 or drugs lost or stolen must be immediately reported to the board.