Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XLV - Medical Professions
Subpart 3 - Practice
Chapter 65 - Dispensation of Medications
Subchapter B - Prohibitions, Sanctions and Exceptions
Section XLV-6505 - Prohibitions

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XLV-6505

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. No physicians shall dispense any medication, other than a bona fide medication sample, except in strict compliance with the Louisiana and federal law and regulations applicable thereto and with the rules of this Chapter.

B. On and after December 1, 1987, no physician shall dispense any medication, other than a bona fide medication sample, unless he is currently registered with the board as a dispensing physician, in accordance with Subchapter C of this Chapter, and the physician's dispensation of medications is within the scope of such registration.

C. No physician shall dispense any medication except in the usual and ordinary course of his medical practice for a legitimate medical purpose.

D. No physician shall dispense any medication upon the prescription of another practitioner.

E. Except as provided in §6506 of this Subchapter, a registrant shall not dispense any controlled substance or drug of concern.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1261-1292 and 37:1204.

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