Mississippi Code
Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law
§ 41-29-137. Prescriptions

(1) Except when dispensed directly by a practitioner, other than a pharmacy, to an ultimate user, no controlled substance in Schedule II, as set out in Section 41-29-115, may be dispensed without the written valid prescription of a practitioner. A practitioner shall keep a record of all controlled substances in Schedule I, II and III administered, dispensed or professionally used by him otherwise than by prescription.
In emergency situations, as defined by rule of the State Board of Pharmacy, Schedule II drugs may be dispensed upon the oral valid prescription of a practitioner, reduced promptly to writing and filed by the pharmacy. Prescriptions shall be retained in conformity with the requirements of Section 41-29-133. No prescription for a Schedule II substance may be refilled unless renewed by prescription issued by a licensed medical doctor.
Except when dispensed directly by a practitioner, other than a pharmacy, to an ultimate user, a controlled substance included in Schedule III or IV, as set out in Sections 41-29-117 and 41-29-119, shall not be dispensed without a written or oral valid prescription of a practitioner. The prescription shall not be filled or refilled more than six (6) months after the date thereof or be refilled more than five (5) times, unless renewed by the practitioner.
A controlled substance included in Schedule V, as set out in Section 41-29-121, shall not be distributed or dispensed other than for a medical purpose.
An optometrist certified to prescribe and use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents under Sections 73-19-153 through 73-19-165 shall be authorized to prescribe oral analgesic controlled substances in Schedule IV or V, as pertains to treatment and management of eye disease by written prescription only.
Administration by injection of any pharmaceutical product authorized in this section is expressly prohibited except when dispensed directly by a practitioner other than a pharmacy.
(1) For the purposes of this article, Title 73, Chapter 21, and Title 73, Chapter 25, Mississippi Code of 1972, as it pertains to prescriptions for controlled substances, a "valid prescription" means a prescription that is issued for a legitimate medical purpose in the usual course of professional practice by:
A practitioner who has conducted at least one (1) in-person medical evaluation of the patient; or
A covering practitioner.
(A) "In-person medical evaluation" means a medical evaluation that is conducted with the patient in the physical presence of the practitioner, without regard to whether portions of the evaluation are conducted by other health professionals.
"Covering practitioner" means a practitioner who conducts a medical evaluation other than an in-person medical evaluation at the request of a practitioner who has conducted at least one (1) in-person medical evaluation of the patient or an evaluation of the patient through the practice of telemedicine within the previous twenty-four (24) months and who is temporarily unavailable to conduct the evaluation of the patient.
A prescription for a controlled substance based solely on a consumer's completion of an online medical questionnaire is not a valid prescription.
Nothing in this subsection (b) shall apply to:
A prescription issued by a practitioner engaged in the practice of telemedicine as authorized under state or federal law; or
The dispensing or selling of a controlled substance pursuant to practices as determined by the United States Attorney General by regulation.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 41 - Public Health

Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances

Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law

§ 41-29-101. Title of article

§ 41-29-103. Purpose

§ 41-29-105. Definitions

§ 41-29-107. Bureau of narcotics; composition; qualifications; dismissal

§ 41-29-109. Cooperation with bureau of narcotics

§ 41-29-110. Bureau of narcotics work program

§ 41-29-112. Special contract agents or investigators

§ 41-29-113. Schedule I of controlled substances

§ 41-29-115. Schedule II of controlled substances

§ 41-29-117. Schedule III of controlled substances

§ 41-29-119. Schedule IV of controlled substances

§ 41-29-121. Schedule V of controlled substances

§ 41-29-122. Exempt chemical preparations and mixtures

§ 41-29-123. Revision and republication of schedules

§ 41-29-125. Rules and regulations relative to registration and control of manufacture, distribution and dispensing of controlled substances; delivery of Schedule II controlled substance by mail or other shipment to be made only to persons eighteen o...

§ 41-29-127. Registration; factors considered

§ 41-29-129. Revocation and suspension of registration

§ 41-29-133. Records and inventories

§ 41-29-135. Order forms

§ 41-29-137. Prescriptions

§ 41-29-138. Applicability of avoirdupois system of weights

§ 41-29-139. Prohibited acts; penalties

§ 41-29-140. Fines and penalties; violation of Section 41-29-139

§ 41-29-141. Prohibited acts B; penalties

§ 41-29-143. Prohibited acts C; penalties

§ 41-29-145. Distribution to persons under age twenty-one

§ 41-29-147. Second and subsequent offenses

§ 41-29-149. Suspended sentences; eligibility for parole; resentencing

§ 41-29-150. Participation in drug rehabilitation programs; probation; expunction of record upon application to court

§ 41-29-151. Penalties to be additional; barring of prosecutions

§ 41-29-153. Forfeitures

§ 41-29-154. Disposition of seized controlled substances and paraphernalia

§ 41-29-155. Injunctions

§ 41-29-157. Administrative inspection warrants and search warrants

§ 41-29-159. Powers of enforcement personnel; duty of certain individuals to notify Bureau of Narcotics of death caused by drug overdose

§ 41-29-160. Payments to informers; disposition of moneys expended for purchase of controlled substances

§ 41-29-161. Bonds of bureau officers and employees

§ 41-29-163. Judicial review of final determinations, findings and conclusions

§ 41-29-165. Judicial review of convictions and orders

§ 41-29-167. Cooperative arrangements

§ 41-29-169. Drug abuse education programs

§ 41-29-171. Research programs on misuse and abuse of controlled substances

§ 41-29-173. Effect of Uniform Controlled Substances Law on pending proceedings

§ 41-29-175. Continuation of regulations

§ 41-29-176.1. Prosecution of cases involving seized property

§ 41-29-181. Procedure for disposition of seized property; order directing disposition by bureau of narcotics

§ 41-29-183. Procedure for disposition of seized property; exclusiveness of remedy

§ 41-29-185. Disposition of forfeited property transferred pursuant to federal property sharing provisions

§ 41-29-189. Drug Evidence Disposition Fund created; purpose; sources of funds

§ 41-29-191. Collection of unused prescription pills and drugs brought to drug task force main office from residential sources