NAC453.430. Restrictions on issuance of prescriptions; continuation of dependency on narcotic drug; transmission of prescription by facsimile machine.

     1. An individual practitioner may not issue a prescription in order to obtain controlled substances for the purpose of general dispensing to patients.

     2. A prescription may not be issued for dispensing any narcotic drug to a person dependent on a narcotic drug for the purpose of continuing the person’s dependence upon the drug except in the course of an authorized clinical investigation in the development of a program for rehabilitating narcotic addicts.

     3. The administering or dispensing directly, but not the prescribing, of any narcotic drugs to a person dependent on a narcotic drug for the purpose of continuing the person’s dependence upon the drug is permissible in the course of conducting a federally authorized clinical investigation in the development of a program for rehabilitating narcotic addicts if the activity is within the course of professional practice or research.

     4. A prescription for a controlled substance listed in schedule III, IV or V may be transmitted by a practitioner or his or her agent by a facsimile machine to a pharmacy pursuant to the provisions of NAC 639.711.

     [Bd. of Pharmacy, § 453.240, eff. 6-26-80]—(NAC A by R164-01, 12-17-2001)