Section 12-503 - Dating of prescription by authorized prescriber; time limit for filling prescription.
§ 12-503. Dating of prescription by authorized prescriber; time limit for filling prescription.
(a) Authorized prescriber required to specify date of prescription.- An authorized prescriber who issues a prescription shall indicate on the prescription the date of its issuance.
(b) Time limit for filling prescription.- Unless otherwise instructed by the authorized prescriber who issues the prescription, a pharmacist may not dispense any drug or device on a prescription presented more than 120 days after the date the prescription was issued.
[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 254B; 1981, ch. 8, § 2; 1990, ch. 6, § 11; 1997, ch. 614.]