Effective - 28 Aug 2020, 6 histories
195.070. Prescriptive authority. — 1. A physician, podiatrist, dentist, a registered optometrist certified to administer pharmaceutical agents as provided in section 336.220, or an assistant physician in accordance with section 334.037 or a physician assistant in accordance with section 334.747 in good faith and in the course of his or her professional practice only, may prescribe, administer, and dispense controlled substances or he or she may cause the same to be administered or dispensed by an individual as authorized by statute.
2. An advanced practice registered nurse, as defined in section 335.016, but not a certified registered nurse anesthetist as defined in subdivision (8) of section 335.016, who holds a certificate of controlled substance prescriptive authority from the board of nursing under section 335.019 and who is delegated the authority to prescribe controlled substances under a collaborative practice arrangement under section 334.104 may prescribe any controlled substances listed in Schedules III, IV, and V of section 195.017, and may have restricted authority in Schedule II. Prescriptions for Schedule II medications prescribed by an advanced practice registered nurse who has a certificate of controlled substance prescriptive authority are restricted to only those medications containing hydrocodone. However, no such certified advanced practice registered nurse shall prescribe controlled substance for his or her own self or family. Schedule III narcotic controlled substance and Schedule II - hydrocodone prescriptions shall be limited to a one hundred twenty-hour supply without refill.
3. A veterinarian, in good faith and in the course of the veterinarian's professional practice only, and not for use by a human being, may prescribe, administer, and dispense controlled substances and the veterinarian may cause them to be administered by an assistant or orderly under his or her direction and supervision.
4. A practitioner shall not accept any portion of a controlled substance unused by a patient, for any reason, if such practitioner did not originally dispense the drug, except:
(1) When the controlled substance is delivered to the practitioner to administer to the patient for whom the medication is prescribed as authorized by federal law. Practitioners shall maintain records and secure the medication as required by this chapter and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter; or
(2) As provided in section 195.265.
5. An individual practitioner shall not prescribe or dispense a controlled substance for such practitioner's personal use except in a medical emergency.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9838, A.L. 1971 H.B. 69, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1242 Revision, A.L. 1993 H.B. 564, A.L. 1997 H.B. 635, A.L. 2001 H.B. 471, A.L. 2008 S.B. 724, A.L. 2009 S.B. 296, A.L. 2014 S.B. 716 merged with S.B. 754, A.L. 2015 H.B. 709, A.L. 2018 S.B. 718 merged with S.B. 826 merged with S.B. 951, A.L. 2020 H.B. 1682)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII - Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 195 - Drug Regulations
Section 195.003 - Violations of chapter, defendant to pay costs of testing when found guilty.
Section 195.005 - Comprehensive drug control act.
Section 195.010 - Definitions.
Section 195.015 - Authority to control.
Section 195.016 - Nomenclature.
Section 195.050 - Controlled substances, legal sales, how made — records required to be kept.
Section 195.060 - Controlled substances to be dispensed on prescription only, exception.
Section 195.070 - Prescriptive authority.
Section 195.100 - Labeling requirements.
Section 195.150 - Procedure upon conviction for violation.
Section 195.190 - Enforcement by whom.
Section 195.195 - Regulations, authority to promulgate, where vested.
Section 195.197 - Department of health and senior services, duties of.
Section 195.253 - Public nuisances — defendants in suits to enjoin.
Section 195.265 - Disposal of unused controlled substances, permitted methods — awareness program.
Section 195.310 - Injunction authorized.
Section 195.320 - Purpose clause.
Section 195.550 - Electronic prescriptions required, when, exceptions — violations.
Section 195.740 - Definitions.
Section 195.746 - Registration and permits, requirements — application, contents — issuance, when.
Section 195.752 - Administrative fine, when, amount.
Section 195.756 - Pesticides and agricultural chemicals, use of — limitations on liability.
Section 195.764 - Fees, amount, use of — fund created.
Section 195.773 - Department duties — rulemaking authority.
Section 195.815 - Fingerprinting requirements, medical marijuana facilities — definitions.
Section 195.820 - Medical cannabis, processing fee authorized, when.