Code of Massachusetts Regulations
247 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN PHARMACY
Title 247 CMR 5.00 - Orally And Electronically Transmitted Prescriptions And Reporting Requirements To The Prescription Monitoring Program (pmp)
Section 5.03 - Emergency Situations in Which Controlled Substances in Schedule II May be Dispensed Upon Orally or Electronically Transmitted Prescription
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) "Emergency situations", for the purpose of permitting the dispensing of any controlled substance in Schedule II upon orally or electronically transmitted prescription, means those situations in which the practitioner who intends to prescribe a controlled substance in Schedule II determines:
(2) In case of an emergency situation as defined in 247 CMR 5.03(1), a pharmacist may dispense a controlled substance in Schedule II upon receiving the orally or electronically transmitted authorization of a prescribing practitioner, provided that:
(3) Within seven days after authorizing an emergency oral prescription, the prescribing practitioner shall cause a written prescription for the emergency quantity prescribed to be delivered to the pharmacy which must have written on its face "Authorization for Emergency Dispensing" and should comply with federal and state law.
(4) Upon receipt of the written prescription, the dispensing pharmacist shall attach the prescription to the orally or electronically transmitted emergency prescription which had earlier been reduced to writing. The pharmacist shall notify the nearest office of the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Justice, and the Commissioner of Public Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, if the prescribing practitioner fails to deliver a written prescription within seven days.