Validity of Prescriptions or Drug Orders

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Sec. 20. (a) Except as provided in section 30 of this chapter, a prescription or drug order for a legend drug is not valid unless the prescription or drug order is issued for a legitimate medical purpose by a practitioner acting in the usual course of the practitioner's business.

(b) A practitioner may not knowingly issue an invalid prescription or drug order for a legend drug.

(c) A pharmacist may not knowingly fill an invalid prescription or drug order for a legend drug.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-8-3.5.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25. Amended by P.L.48-2015, SEC.2.


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