Authorized Prescriber-a physician, podiatrist, physician assistant, medical psychologist and any other category of health care provider as may hereafter be licensed by the board under this Part, whose scope of practice includes authority to prescribe, dispense, or administer CDS.
Board-the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, as constituted under R.S. 37:1263.
Controlled Dangerous Substances or CDS-any substance defined, enumerated or included in federal or state statute or regulations 21 CFR §§ 1308.11-15 or R.S. 40:964, or any substance which may hereafter be designated as a controlled substance by amendment or supplementation of such regulations and statute.
La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-4003