Section 657.10.28. Schedule III, IV, or V refills.

No prescription for a controlled substance listed in Schedule III, IV, or V shall be filled or refilled more than six months after the date on which it was issued nor be refilled more than five times.

         10.28(1) Record. Each filling and refilling of a prescription shall be entered on the prescription or on another uniformly maintained and readily retrievable record.

            a.               The following information shall be retrievable by the prescription number: the name and dosage form of the controlled substance, the date filled or refilled, the quantity dispensed, the unique identification of the dispensing pharmacist for each refill, and the total number of refills authorized for that prescription.

            b.               If the pharmacist merely initials or affixes the pharmacist’s unique identifier and dates the back of the prescription, it shall be deemed that the full face amount of the prescription has been dispensed.

         10.28(2) Oral refill authorization. The prescribing practitioner may authorize additional refills of Schedule III, IV, or V controlled substances on the original prescription through an oral refill authorization transmitted to the pharmacist provided the following conditions are met:

            a.               The total quantity authorized, including the amount of the original prescription, does not exceed five refills nor extend beyond six months from the date of issuance of the original prescription.

            b.               The pharmacist who obtains the oral authorization records from the prescriber who issued the original prescription records on or with the original prescription the date, the quantity of each refill, the number of additional refills authorized, and the pharmacist’s unique identification.

            c.               The quantity of each additional refill is equal to or less than the quantity authorized for the initial filling of the original prescription.

            d.               The prescribing practitioner must execute a new and separate prescription for any additional quantities beyond the five-refill, six-month limitation.

         10.28(3) Automated data processing record system. An automated data processing record system may be used for the storage and retrieval of Schedule III, IV, and V controlled substance prescription fill and refill information subject to the conditions and requirements of rules 657—21.4(124,155A) and 657—21.5(124,155A).