21 CFR 1306.21 - Requirement of prescription

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11 practice notes
  • Perry County Food & Drug Decision and Order
    • United States
    • Federal Register November 12, 2015
    • November 12, 2015
    ...in schedule III or IV, which is a prescription drug . . . may be dispensed without a written or oral prescription.'' See also 21 CFR 1306.21(a). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- B. The evidence also shows that on November 19, 2014, Ms. Pemberton wa......
  • Part IV
    • United States
    • Federal Register June 27, 2008
    • June 27, 2008
    ...further provide that a practitioner may transmit to the pharmacy a facsimile of a written prescription in lieu of an oral prescription (21 CFR 1306.21(a)). Enforcement of the Controlled Substances The Controlled Substances Act is unique among criminal laws in that it stipulates acts pertain......
  • Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances
    • United States
    • Federal Register March 31, 2010
    • March 31, 2010
    ...a practitioner may transmit to the pharmacy a facsimile of a written, manually signed prescription in lieu of an oral prescription (21 CFR 1306.21(a)). Under longstanding Federal law, for a prescription for a controlled substance to be valid, it must be issued for a legitimate medical purpo......
  • United States v. Ahuja, CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:14-CV-1558 (JCH)
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 2nd Circuit. United States District Court (Connecticut)
    • July 21, 2016
    ...practitioner has authorization to directly dispense a controlled substance only "in the course of his/her professional practice." 21 C.F.R. § 1306.21(b). Similarly, a practitioner has authorization to prescribe controlled substances only "for a legitimate medical purpose" when "acting in th......
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  • United States v. Ahuja, CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:14-CV-1558 (JCH)
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 2nd Circuit. United States District Court (Connecticut)
    • July 21, 2016
    ...practitioner has authorization to directly dispense a controlled substance only "in the course of his/her professional practice." 21 C.F.R. § 1306.21(b). Similarly, a practitioner has authorization to prescribe controlled substances only "for a legitimate medical purpose" when "acting in th......
  • Turner v. Town Pharmacy & Gifts, LLC, NO. 2019-CA-01614-COA
    • United States
    • Court of Appeals of Mississippi
    • January 19, 2021
    ...prescription. A different regulation tracks the statute by providing that an oral prescription shall be "promptly reduced to writing." 21 C.F.R. § 1306.21. Like the statute, that regulation does not define the term "promptly." ¶24. As the circuit court noted, Turner provided little evidence......
  • United States v. Rydze, Criminal No. 12-262
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. Western District of Pennsylvania
    • April 12, 2017
    ...practitioner is authorized to dispense a controlledPage 3 substance only "in the course of his/her professional practice." 21 C.F.R. § 1306.21(b). Finally, a "valid prescription" is defined as a prescription issued for a "legitimate medical purpose in the usual course of professional practi......

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