2013 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 37 - Professions and Occupations
RS 37:1701 - Prescription; name of patient and prescription
PART III. MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS AND LABELS
§1701. Prescription; name of patient and prescription
A. Each physician, surgeon, optometrist, medical psychologist, and dentist, upon writing a prescription shall write the name of the patient and the trade name, or the generic name, or the most commonly used name on the prescription issued.
B. No druggist, pharmacist, or dispensing physician shall fill any prescription unless the name of the patient and the trade name, or the generic name, or the most commonly used name of the prescription appears on the label, unless otherwise specified by the physician, surgeon, optometrist, medical psychologist, or dentist.
Amended by Acts 1976, No. 465, §1; Acts 1976, No. 672, §1; Acts 1993, No. 202, §1; Acts 2004, No. 11, §1.
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