155A.27 - REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESCRIPTION.
155A.27 REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESCRIPTION.
To be valid, each prescription drug order issued or dispensed in
this state must be based on a valid patient-practitioner
relationship, and:
1. If written, electronic, or facsimile, shall contain:
a. The date of issue.
b. The name and address of the patient for whom, or the owner
of the animal for which, the drug is dispensed.
c. The name, strength, and quantity of the drug, medicine, or
device prescribed.
d. The directions for use of the drug, medicine, or device
prescribed.
e. The name, address, and written or electronic signature of
the practitioner issuing the prescription.
f. The federal drug enforcement administration number, if
required under chapter 124.
2. If electronic:
a. The practitioner shall ensure that the electronic system
used to transmit the electronic prescription has adequate security
and system safeguards designed to prevent and detect unauthorized
access, modification, or manipulation of the prescription.
b. The practitioner shall provide verbal verification of the
electronic prescription upon the request of the pharmacy.
3. a. If facsimile, in addition to the requirements of
subsection 1, shall contain all of the following:
(1) The identification number of the facsimile machine which is
used to transmit the prescription.
(2) The time and date of transmission of the prescription.
(3) The name, address, telephone number, and facsimile number of
the pharmacy to which the prescription is being transmitted.
b. A practitioner shall provide verbal verification of the
facsimile prescription upon the request of the pharmacy.
4. If oral, the practitioner issuing the prescription shall
furnish the same information required for a written prescription,
except for the written signature and address of the practitioner.
Upon receipt of an oral prescription, the pharmacist shall promptly
reduce the oral prescription to a written format by recording the
information required in a written prescription. Section History: Recent Form
87 Acts, ch 215, § 27; 97 Acts, ch 39, §3, 4; 2004 Acts, ch 1036,
§15, 16; 2009 Acts, ch 69, §5
Referred to in § 124.308, 126.11, 147.107, 155A.29