South Dakota News: Fraudulent Prescriptions

October 1, 2006 2:35 PM Topics: Prescriptions

Published in the October 2006 South Dakota State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter

If you receive a prescription and, after reasonable inquiry, suspect the prescription is forged, altered, fraudulently misrepresented (eg, false name), or the prescription transaction is not in accordance with pharmacy law, report such prescriptions to the South Dakota State Board of Pharmacy (605/362-2737). Controlled substance (CS) prescriptions can be reported to Bob Coolidge with the South Dakota Department of Health, Health and Medical Services Division (605/773-3356).

Pharmacists are reminded to verify DEA numbers by the following calculation:

• Add the first, third, and fifth numbers to get your first number.
• Then add the second, fourth, and sixth numbers and multiply by two to get your second number.
• Total the two numbers and the last digit of this sum will be the same as the last digit of the DEA number.