Idaho News: Multiple Schedule II Prescriptions

March 1, 2008 4:48 PM Topics: Controlled substances and Prescriptions

Published in the March 2008 Idaho Board of Pharmacy Newsletter

Effective December 19, 2007, DEA amended a regulation to allow practitioners to provide an individual patient with multiple prescriptions for a specific Schedule II CS, written on the same date, to be filled sequentially. The change will allow patients to receive, over time, up to a 90-day supply of the prescribed CS. The Controlled Substances Act does not permit the refilling of Schedule II CS; a new prescription must be issued for each quantity of the substance. Idaho pharmacy rule No. 458 states: “No person shall fill a prescription for a controlled substance listed in schedule II unless the prescription is tendered to him on or before the thirtieth day following the date of issue.” Thus, in accordance with the DEA and Idaho rule, Idaho pharmacies may fill Schedule II prescriptions, which are tendered to the pharmacy within 30 days of issuance, past the 30-day mark.