Indiana Code 25-1-9.7-2. Limitations on prescribing opioids; exemptions; documentation
(1) If the prescription is for an adult who is being prescribed an opioid for the first time by the prescriber, the initial prescription may not exceed a seven (7) day supply.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-1-9.7-2
- Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- prescriber: refers to a practitioner who maintains an Indiana controlled substance registration and a federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.7-1
(3) If the prescription is for an animal that is being prescribed an opioid for the first time by the veterinarian, the initial prescription may not exceed a seven (7) day supply.
(b) The limitations set forth in subsection (a) do not apply under any of the following circumstances:
(1) The prescriber is issuing the prescription for the treatment or provision of any of the following:
(A) Cancer.
(B) Palliative care.
(C) Medication-assisted treatment for a substance use disorder.
(D) A condition that is adopted by rule by the medical licensing board under IC 25-22.5-13-8 to be necessary to be exempted from subsection (a).
(2) If, in the professional judgment of a prescriber, a patient requires more than the prescription limitations specified in subsection (a).
(c) If a prescriber:
(1) determines that a drug other than an opioid is not appropriate; and
(2) uses an exemption specified in subsection (b)(1)(B) or (b)(2) and issues a prescription for a patient that exceeds the limitations set forth in subsection (a);
the prescriber shall document in the patient’s medical record the indication that a drug other than an opiate was not appropriate and that the patient is receiving palliative care or that the prescriber is using the prescriber’s professional judgment for the exemption.
As added by P.L.182-2017, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.12-2019, SEC.1; P.L.156-2020, SEC.98.