Arizona Laws 32-1968. Dispensing prescription-only drug; prescription orders; refills; labels; misbranding; dispensing soft contact lenses; opioid antagonists
A. A prescription-only drug shall be dispensed only under one of the following conditions:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1968
- Controlled substance: means a drug, substance or immediate precursor that is identified, defined or listed in Title 36, Chapter 27, Article 2 or the rules adopted pursuant to Title 36, Chapter 27, article 2. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Dispense: means to deliver to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including prescribing, administering, packaging, labeling or compounding as necessary to prepare for that delivery. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Dispenser: means a practitioner who dispenses. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Drug: means :
(a) Articles that are recognized, or for which standards or specifications are prescribed, in the official compendium. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Label: means a display of written, printed or graphic matter on the immediate container of any article that, unless easily legible through the outside wrapper or container, also appears on the outside wrapper or container of the article's retail package. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Medical practitioner: means any medical doctor, doctor of osteopathic medicine, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian or other person who is licensed and authorized by law to use and prescribe drugs and devices to treat sick and injured human beings or animals or to diagnose or prevent sickness in human beings or animals in this state or any state, territory or district of the United States. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Packaging: means the act or process of placing a drug item or device in a container for the purpose or intent of dispensing or distributing the item or device to another. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation and association, and their duly authorized agents. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Pharmacist: means an individual who is currently licensed by the board to practice the profession of pharmacy in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Pharmacy: means :
(a) Any place where drugs, devices, poisons or related hazardous substances are offered for sale at retail or where prescription orders are dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Practitioner: means any physician, dentist, veterinarian, scientific investigator or other person who is licensed, registered or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state, or any pharmacy, hospital or other institution that is licensed, registered or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Prescription: means either a prescription order or a prescription medication. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Prescription medication: means any drug, including label and container according to context, that is dispensed pursuant to a prescription order. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Prescription order: means any of the following:
(a) An order to a pharmacist for drugs or devices that is issued and signed by a duly licensed medical practitioner in the authorized course of the practitioner's professional practice. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. By a medical practitioner in conformance with section 32-1921.
2. On a written prescription order bearing the prescribing medical practitioner‘s manual signature.
3. On an electronically transmitted prescription order containing the prescribing medical practitioner’s electronic or digital signature.
4. On a written prescription order generated from electronic media containing the prescribing medical practitioner’s electronic or manual signature. A prescription order that contains only an electronic signature must be applied to paper that uses security features that will ensure the prescription order is not subject to any form of copying or alteration.
5. On an oral prescription order that is reduced promptly to writing and filed by the pharmacist.
6. By refilling any written, electronically transmitted or oral prescription order if a refill is authorized by the prescriber either in the original prescription order, by an electronically transmitted refill order that is documented promptly and filed by the pharmacist or by an oral refill order that is documented promptly and filed by the pharmacist.
7. On a prescription order that the prescribing medical practitioner or the prescribing medical practitioner’s agent transmits by fax or e-mail.
8. On a prescription order that the patient transmits by fax or by e-mail if the patient presents a written prescription order bearing the prescribing medical practitioner’s manual signature when the prescription-only drug is picked up at the pharmacy.
B. A prescription order shall not be refilled if it is either:
1. Ordered by the prescriber not to be refilled.
2. More than one year since it was originally ordered.
C. A prescription order shall contain the date it was issued, the name and address of the person for whom or owner of the animal for which the drug is ordered, refills authorized, if any, the legibly printed name, address and telephone number of the prescribing medical practitioner, the name, strength, dosage form and quantity of the drug ordered and directions for its use.
D. Any drug dispensed in accordance with subsection A of this section is exempt from the requirements of section 32-1967, except section 32-1967, subsection A, paragraphs 1, 10 and 11 and the packaging requirements of section 32-1967, subsection A, paragraphs 7 and 8, if the drug container bears a label containing the name and address of the dispenser, the serial number, the date of dispensing, the name of the prescriber, the name of the patient, or, if an animal, the name of the owner of the animal and the species of the animal, directions for use and cautionary statements, if any, contained in the order. This exemption does not apply to any drug dispensed in the course of the conduct of a business of dispensing drugs pursuant to diagnosis by mail or the internet or to a drug dispensed in violation of subsection A of this section.
E. The board by rule also may require additional information on the label of prescription medication that the board believes to be necessary for the best interest of the public’s health and welfare.
F. A prescription-only drug or a controlled substance that requires a prescription order is deemed to be misbranded if, at any time before dispensing, its label fails to bear the statement "Rx only". A drug to which subsection A of this section does not apply is deemed to be misbranded if, at any time before dispensing, its label bears the caution statement quoted in this subsection.
G. A pharmacist may fill a prescription order for soft contact lenses only as provided in this chapter.
H. A pharmacist may dispense naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist that is approved by the United States food and drug administration on the receipt of a standing order and according to protocols adopted by the board pursuant to section 32-1979. For the purposes of this subsection, "standing order" means a signed prescription order that authorizes the pharmacist to dispense naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist for emergency purposes and that is issued by a medical practitioner licensed in this state or a state or county health officer who is a medical practitioner licensed in this state.