Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2220 - State Board of Pharmacy
Chapter 2 - General Rules
Section 20 CSR 2220-2.018 - Prescription Requirements

Universal Citation: 20 MO Code of State Regs 2220-2.018

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024

PURPOSE: This rule establishes requirements for information required on prescriptions.

(1) To be valid for purposes of dispensing, a prescription shall conform to all requirements of sections 338.056 or 338.196, RSMo, and shall contain the following information:

(A) The date of prescribing;

(B) The name of the patient(s), or if an animal, species and owner's name;

(C) The prescriber's name, if an oral prescription, or written or electronic signature if a written, faxed, or an electronically transmitted prescription. Electronic signatures shall comply with all applicable provisions of 20 CSR 2220-2.085;

(D) Name, strength and dosage of drug, device or poison prescribed and the directions for use;

(E) The number of refills, if applicable;

(F) The quantity prescribed in weight, volume, or number of units;

(G) An indication of whether generic substitution has been authorized by the pre-scriber, as required by section 338.056, RSMo;

(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) Controlled substance prescriptions shall also comply with all requirements of federal and state controlled substance laws.

*Original authority: 338.095, RSMo 1993, amended 2007; 338.100, RSMo 1939, amended 1971, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2010; 338.140, RSMo 1939, amended 1981, 1989, 1997, 2011; and 338.240, RSMo 1951, amended 2011 .

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