Ill. Admin. Code tit. 68, § 1330.720 - Transfer of Prescription
a) A
prescription may be transferred between pharmacies for the purpose of original
fill or refill dispensing, provided that:
1)
The transferring pharmacy must invalidate the original prescription on file and
record the name of the receiving pharmacy, the date of issuance of the copy,
and the name of the pharmacist, student pharmacist, or pharmacy technician
issuing the transferred prescription order; and
2) The pharmacy receiving the transferred
prescription directly from another pharmacy records the following:
A) The name, address and original
prescription number of the pharmacy from which the prescription was
transferred;
B) All information
constituting a prescription order, including the following: name of the drug,
original amount dispensed, date of original issuance of the prescription, and
number of valid refills remaining; and
C) The pharmacist, student pharmacist, or
pharmacy technician receiving the transferred prescription informs the patient
that the original prescription has been cancelled at the pharmacy from which it
has been transferred.
b) A prescription for Schedule II, III, IV
and V drugs may be transferred only from the original pharmacy and only one
time for the purpose of original fill. A prescription for Schedule III, IV, and
V drugs may be transferred only from the original pharmacy and only one time
for the purpose of a refill and may not be transferred further. However, a
pharmacist who is electronically sharing real-time on-line computerized systems
may transfer up to the maximum refills permitted by law and the prescriber's
authorization in accordance with
21 CFR
1306.26(a).
c) Computerized systems must satisfy all
information requirements of this Section, including invalidation of the
original prescription when transferred between pharmacies accessing the same
prescription records or between pharmacies of the same ownership. If those
systems that access the same prescription records have the capability of
cancelling the original prescription, pharmacies using such a system are exempt
from the requirements of this subsection if the transferred prescription can
always be tracked to the original prescription order from the prescribing
practitioner and the original prescription can be produced.
d) When prescription information is
transferred to another pharmacy for the purposes of original fill, the
transferring pharmacy must enter a prescription into its system as if that
prescription were filled at that pharmacy.
e) Nothing in this Section shall apply to
transactions described in Section 20 of the Act.
f) A prescription shall only be transferred
upon the request or authorization of the person for whom the prescription was
issued, except upon closure of a pharmacy, in which case notice shall be made
to that person, orally or in writing, of the closure and the location where the
prescription is transferred.
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