Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Subtitle 3 - LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 200 - REGULATION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Section 23-200-16 - Telephone prescriptions
Current through February, 2024
(a) Inlieu of a written prescription, a pharmacist, in good faith, may dispense schedule III, IV, and V controlled substances, to any person upon receiving an oral prescription over the telephone from a prescriber originating from within the State; provided that:
(b) The pharmacist filling such oral prescription shall write the date of filling and his initials on the face of the written memorandum.
(c) Only a pharmacist shall receive an oral prescription. The receiving pharmacist shall ask the calling individual practitioner or his agent for the oral code number and shall enter the same on the written memorandum. No oral prescription for a controlled substance shall be filled unless the receiving pharmacist receives the prescriber's correct oral code and Drugs Enforcement Administration registration number.
(d) A written memorandum of a telephone oral prescription shall not be filled or refilled more than 3 months after the date on which such prescription was issued and no such prescription be refilled more than 2 times.
(e) Oral code numbers may be issued to practitioners by the department. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the Administrator to deny or rescind the oral code number for any violation of this chapter.