Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a statement reminding health care providers that medications labeled as “single dose” or “single use” are to be used for only one patient, and that this practice protects patients from life-threatening infections...

With a world of conditions and hundreds of medicines, the Acetaminophen Awareness Coalition asks pharmacists and other health care providers to educate patients and caregivers about the proper use of medications containing acetaminophen. As the most common drug ingredient in...

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent letters to medical practices in several states requesting that they stop administering drugs purchased from any foreign or unlicensed source. FDA’s letters were sent in response to the discovery that the medical practices purchased...

Resolution No. 105-3-09 Title: Valid Patient-Practitioner Relationships Action: Passed Whereas, NABP is aware of an increase in concern and actual deaths resulting from orders for prescription drugs being issued and dispensed without a valid patient-practitioner relationship; and Whereas, data compiled...

Published in the April 2009 Washington State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Washington State residents passed Initiative Measure 1000 in November 2008. The initiative, known as the Death with Dignity Act (Chapter 70.245 RCW), allows competent adult residents to request and...

Reprinted from the October 2008 Montana Board of Pharmacy Newsletter. Sooner or later every pharmacist will have to deal with a fraudulent prescription. When the validity of a prescription is an issue, after the practitioner has been contacted and it...

Published in the January 2008 Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Mid-Level Practitioner Update: Physician assistants (PA) may now prescribe for up to a 30-day supply of Schedule III to V if they have a mid-level Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...

Reprinted from the July 2007 New Jersey Board of Pharmacy Newsletter. A number of instances involving incorrect dates assigned to refill prescriptions have recently come to the Board’s attention. Specifically, a prescription is only valid for one year from the...

Published in the May 2007 Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Due to the number of pharmacists and prescribers calling the Board office about prescription format, signatures on written prescriptions, and the actual content of the prescriptions, it is time...

Published in the March 2007 Vermont Board of Pharmacy Newsletter The simple answer is no. Prescription medication must be dispensed to a patient. If a pharmacist is transferring prescription medication to a physician’s office in order for the physician to...

Published in the December 2006 Idaho Board of Pharmacy Newsletter 54-1733. VALIDITY OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG ORDERS. (1) A Prescription or drug order for a legend drug is not valid unless it is issued for a legitimate medical purpose arising from...

Reprinted from the October 2006 North Carolina Board of Pharmacy Newsletter. Board staff are frequently asked whether or not, and under what circumstances, a physician may self-prescribe, prescribe for family members, or prescribe after retirement. The North Carolina Medical Board...

Reprinted from the July 2006 Nevada State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter. Occasionally a pharmacist will be asked to fill or refill a prescription that was written by a physician who has since passed away, retired, or moved out of the...

Published in the June 2006 Idaho Board of Pharmacy Newsletter HB 611 adds language that further clarifies what constitutes the validity of a prescription drug order. 54-1733. Validity Of Prescription Drug Orders 1. A prescription or drug order for a...

Published in the April 2006 South Dakota State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Legislation containing revisions related to the prescription of Schedule II controlled drugs by physician assistants, certified nurse practitioners, and certified nurse midwives was signed by Governor Mike Rounds...