Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 1-3, 6-671
Section 37:1701 - Prescription; name of patient and prescriptionA. Each physician, surgeon, optometrist, medical psychologist, and dentist, upon writing a prescription shall write the name of the patient and the trade name, or the generic name, or the most commonly used name on the prescription issued.B. No druggist, pharmacist, or dispensing physician shall fill any prescription unless the name of the patient and the trade name, or the generic name, or the most commonly used name of the prescription appears on the label, unless otherwise specified by the physician, surgeon, optometrist, medical psychologist, or dentist.Amended by Acts 1976, No. 465, §1; Acts 1976, No. 672, §1; Acts 1993, No. 202, §1; Acts 2004, No. 11, §1.Amended by Acts 1976, No. 465, §1; Acts 1976, No. 672, §1; Acts 1993, No. 202, §1; Acts 2004, No. 11, §1.