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Montana News: "Office Use" Prescriptions
Reprinted form the April 2008 Montana Board of Pharmacy Newsletter.
A recent question to the Board office asked whether an “office use” prescription is valid. The answer is no. Medications prescribed must be dispensed to a patient. When medication is sent from a pharmacy to a practitioner for administration, the transfer is actually a distribution.
The transfer of prescription medication is permitted from one registrant (pharmacy) to another registrant (pharmacy) or licensee (practitioner). Such transfer must be documented by use of an invoice record. The invoice record should have the name, strength, form of the medication, the name and address of both the seller and purchaser, and the date of sale. This invoice record should be kept with other invoice records.
If the medication being transferred is a CS, there are additional invoice requirements. The invoice record must also include the DEA numbers of both the seller and the purchaser.
If the medication is a Schedule II CS, the purchaser must provide a DEA Form 222 to the seller before the transfer is completed.
Sales of both non-CS and CS to other registrants and practitioners should not exceed 5% of total sales during any consecutive 12-month period.
