(a) Except when dispensed directly by a practitioner other than a pharmacy to an ultimate user, no controlled substance in Schedule II may be dispensed without the written prescription of a practitioner.
(b) In emergency situations, as defined by rule of the Secretary, Schedule II drugs may be dispensed upon oral prescription of a practitioner, reduced promptly to writing and filed by the pharmacy. Prescriptions shall be retained in conformity with the requirements of this chapter. No prescription for a Schedule II substance may be refilled.
(c) Except when dispensed directly by a practitioner other than a pharmacy to an ultimate user, a controlled substance included in Schedule III or IV which is a prescription drug shall not be dispensed without a written or oral prescription of a practitioner. The prescription shall not be filled or refilled more than 6 months after the date thereof or be refilled more than 5 times, unless renewed by the practitioner.
(d) A controlled substance included in Schedule V shall not be distributed or dispensed other than for a medical purpose.
(e) An ultimate user shall be permitted to prohibit or limit a person other than the ultimate user from receiving a prescription on the ultimate user's behalf from a pharmacy.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 47. UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT
Subchapter III. Regulation of Manufacture, Distribution and Dispensing of Controlled Substances
§ 4731. Rules; fees; Controlled Substance Advisory Committee.
§ 4732. Registration requirements; exemptions; inspections.
§ 4733. Registration; rights of registrants.
§ 4736. Hearings before the Secretary; subpoenas; judicial review.
§ 4738. Records of registrants; order forms.
§ 4739. Prescriptions [For application of the section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 409, § 3].
§ 4740. Sale of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine.
§ 4740A. Sale of dextromethorphan.
§ 4740B. Use, distribution and education concerning benzodiazepine and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics.