New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 19 - PHARMACISTS
Part 20 - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Section 16.19.20.45 - PRESCRIPTION FILL AND REFILL REQUIREMENTS
Universal Citation: 16 NM Admin Code 16.19.20.45
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Prescriptions for any controlled substance shall not be filled more than six months after the date of issue.
(1) Controlled substance prescriptions
dispensed directly to a patient shall not be refilled before seventy-five
percent of the prescription days' supply has passed, unless the practitioner
authorizes the early refill, which must be documented by the
pharmacist.
(2) Controlled
substance prescriptions delivered to a patient indirectly (as mail order) to a
patient shall not be refilled before sixty-six percent of a 90 day supply has
passed or fifty percent of a 30 day supply has passed, unless the practitioner
authorizes the early refill, which must be documented by the
pharmacist.
B. Prescriptions for schedule III, IV, or V controlled substances shall not be filled or refilled more than six months after the date of issue or be refilled more than five times unless renewed by the practitioner and a new prescription is placed in the pharmacy files.
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