Idaho News: Prescribing for Self Prohibited

March 1, 2006 4:34 PM Topics: Prescriptions

Published in the March 2006 Idaho Board of Pharmacy Newsletter

Idaho Board of Pharmacy Rule 454 states that “No person shall prescribe, administer, or furnish a [CS] for himself.” However, some of the medical boards have further restrictions in their statutes or rules. The Board of Medicine has language that includes spouse, child, or stepchild. The Board of Nursing’s language includes anyone in the immediate family while the Board of Dentistry’s language only indicates prescribing or administering to themselves. Be sure to keep in mind the fact that the dispensing of any medication must be within the practitioner’s scope of practice.