No Office Use Allowed in Vermont

The November Newsletter of the Vermont Board of Pharmacy provides the following discussion:

‘Office Use’ Prescriptions
A recent question to the Board office asked whether
an “office use” prescription is valid. The answer is no.
Medications prescribed must be dispensed to a patient.
When medication is sent from a pharmacy to a practitioner
for administration, the transfer is actually a distribution.

The transfer of prescription medication is permitted
from one registrant (pharmacy) to another registrant
(pharmacy) or licensee (practitioner). Such transfer
must be documented by use of an invoice record. The
invoice record should have the name, strength, form of
the medication, the name and address of both the seller
and purchaser, and the date of sale. This invoice record
should be kept with other invoice records.
If the medication being transferred is a controlled substance
 (CS), there are additional invoice requirements.
The invoice record must also include the Drug Enforcement Administration
 (DEA) numbers of both the seller
and the purchaser.
If the medication is a Schedule II CS, the purchaser
must provide a DEA Form 222 to the seller before the
transfer is completed.
Sales of both non-CS and CS to other registrants and
practitioners should not exceed 5% of total sales during
any consecutive 12-month period.

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