New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 45H - CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES
Subchapter 7 - PRESCRIPTION REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES
Section 13:45H-7.8 - Requirements of prescriptions; Schedule II
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) A pharmacist may dispense directly a controlled substance listed in Schedule II, which is a prescription drug as determined under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, only pursuant to a written prescription signed by the prescribing individual practitioner, except as provided in (d) and (e) below.
(b) An individual practitioner may administer or dispense directly a controlled substance listed in Schedule II in the course of his or her professional practice without a prescription, subject to 13:45H-7.6.
(c) An institutional practitioner may administer or dispense directly (but not prescribe) a controlled substance listed in Schedule II only pursuant to a written prescription signed by the prescribing individual practitioner or to an order for medication made by an individual practitioner which is dispensed for immediate administration to the ultimate user.
(d) In the case of an emergency situation, as defined by the Secretary of the Federal Department of Health and Human Services in 21 CFR 290.10, a pharmacist may dispense a controlled substance listed in Schedule II upon receiving oral authorization of a prescribing individual practitioner, provided that:
(e) If permitted by Federal law, and in accordance with Federal requirements, an electronic prescription shall serve as the original signed prescription.
(f) A practitioner shall not prescribe or dispense a Schedule II controlled substance to an individual patient in excess of the limits set forth at 13:35-7.6, except that prescriptions for patients in a long-term care facility (LTCF) may be in amounts as set forth in 13:45H-7.10(d).
(g) A practitioner may transmit a facsimile prescription for a Schedule II controlled substance in accordance with 13:35-7.4.