21 NCAC 46 .1809             EMERGENCY PRESCRIPTION REFILLS

In the event a pharmacist or device and medical equipment permit holder receives a request for a prescription refill and the pharmacist or permit holder is unable to obtain refill authorization from the prescriber, the pharmacist or permit holder may dispense a one-time emergency refill of up to a 30 day supply of the prescribed medication, provided that:

(1)           The prescription is not for a Schedule II controlled substance;

(2)           The medication is essential to the maintenance of life or to the continuation of therapy in a chronic condition;

(3)           In the pharmacist's or permit holder's professional judgment, the interruption of therapy might reasonably produce undesirable health consequences;

(4)           The dispensing pharmacist or permit holder creates a written order containing all of the prescription information required by Section .2300 of these Rules and signs that order;

(5)           The dispensing pharmacist or permit holder notifies the prescriber or the prescriber's office of the emergency dispensing within 72 hours after such dispensing.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90-85.6; 90-85.25; 90-85.32;

Eff. September 1, 1993;

Amended Eff. April 1, 1999; September 1, 1995;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. October 3, 2017.