§ 12-503. Dating of prescription by authorized prescriber; time limit for filling prescription

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(a) Authorized prescriber required to specify date of prescription. -- An authorized prescriber who issues a prescription shall indicate on the prescription the date of its issuance.

(b) Time limit for filling prescription. -- Unless otherwise instructed by the authorized prescriber who issues the prescription, a pharmacist may not dispense any drug or device on a prescription presented more than 120 days after the date the prescription was issued.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 254B; 1981, ch. 8, § 2; 1990, ch. 6, § 11; 1997, ch. 614.

                    
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