Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit. 20, § 2220-2.018
Prescription Requirements
Effective Aug 28, 2006sections 338.095, 338.100, 338.140, 338.240 and 338.280, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 220-2.018. Original rule filed May 4, 1995, effective Dec. 30, 1995. Amended: Filed March 15, 2000, effective Sept. 30, 2000. Amended: Filed Nov. 1, 2000, effective June 30, 2001. Moved to 20 CSR 2220-2.018, effective Aug. 28, 2006State Board of Pharmacy
PURPOSE: This rule establishes requirements for information required on prescriptions.
(1) In order for a prescription to be valid for purposes of dispensing a medication by a pharmacy, it must conform to all requirements as outlined in sections 338.056 or 338.196, RSMo, and contain the following information:
- (A) The prescription date and a unique, readily retrievable identifier;
- (B) The name of the patient(s);
- (C) The prescriber’s name, if an oral prescription, signature if a written prescription;
- (D) Any prescriber indication of name and dosage of drug, directions for use, name and dosage of drug dispensed;
- (E) The number of refills, when applicable;
- (F) The quantity dispensed in weight, volume or number of units;
- (G) The initials or name of the pharmacist responsible for processes in dispensing or compounding of the prescription;
- (H) Any change or alteration made to the prescription dispensed based on contact with the prescriber to show a clear audit trail. This shall include, but is not limited to, a change in quantity, directions, number of refills or authority to substitute a drug;
- (I) The address of the prescriber and the patient when the prescription is for a controlled substance;
- (J) The prescriber’s Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) number when the prescription is for a controlled substance; and
- (K) Any prescription, when it is for a controlled substance, must comply with all requirements of federal and state controlled substance laws.
- (2) The information specified in section (1) shall be required and recorded on all handwritten, telephone, oral and electronically produced prescriptions that are processed for dispensing by a pharmacist/pharmacy.
AUTHORITY: sections 338.095, 338.100, 338.140, 338.240 and 338.280, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 220-2.018. Original rule filed May 4, 1995, effective Dec. 30, 1995. Amended: Filed March 15, 2000, effective Sept. 30, 2000. Amended: Filed Nov. 1, 2000, effective June 30, 2001. Moved to 20 CSR 2220-2.018, effective Aug. 28, 2006.
*Original authority: 338.095, RSMo 1939; 338.100, RSMo 1939, amended 1971, 1990, 1997, 1999; 338.140, RSMo 1939; amended 1981, 1989, 1997; 338.240, RSMo 1951; and 338.280, RSMo 1951, amended 1971, 1981.