(a) contemporaneously reduce such prescription to writing or to the
extent authorized by federal requirements, to an electronic record;
(b) dispense the substance in conformity with the labeling
requirements applicable to the type of prescription which would be
required but for the emergency; and
(c) make a good faith effort to verify the practitioner's identity, if
the practitioner is unknown to the pharmacist.
2. No oral prescription shall be filled for a quantity of controlled
substances which would exceed a five day supply if the substance were
used in accordance with the directions for use.
3. Within seventy-two hours after authorizing an emergency oral
prescription, the prescribing practitioner shall cause to be delivered
to the pharmacist the original of an official New York state
prescription or an electronic prescription. Such prescription shall, in
addition to the information otherwise required, also have upon the
official New York state prescription or upon the electronic prescription
the words: "Authorization for emergency dispensing." If the pharmacist
fails to receive such prescription he or she shall notify the department
in writing or electronically within seven days from the date of
dispensing the substance.
4. Such official New York state prescription or electronic
prescription shall be endorsed, and retained and filed in the same
manner as is otherwise required for such prescriptions.
Structure New York Laws
Article 33 - Controlled Substances
Title 4 - Dispensing to Ultimate Users
3331 - Scheduled Substances Administering and Dispensing by Practitioners.
3333 - Dispensing Upon Official New York State Prescription or Electronic Prescription.
3334 - Emergency Oral Prescriptions for Schedule Ii Drugs and Certain Other Controlled Substances.
3335 - Dispensing by Online Dispensers of Controlled Substances.
3337 - Oral Prescriptions Schedule Iii, Iv and v Substances.
3338 - Official New York State Prescription Forms.
3339 - Refilling of Prescriptions for Controlled Substances.
3341 - Institutional Dispensers Certificates of Approval.
3342 - Dispensing and Administering by Institutional Dispensers.
3343-A - Prescription Monitoring Program Registry.
3343-B - Safe Disposal of Unused Controlled Substances.
3345 - Possession of Controlled Substances by Ultimate Users Original Container.