Section 8.04. Purpose of issue of prescription order.

 

(1)  Prescription orders for controlled substances shall be issued for a legitimate medical purpose by individual practitioners acting in the usual course of professional practice. Responsibility for the proper prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances is upon the prescribing practitioner, but a corresponding responsibility rests with the pharmacist who dispenses the prescription. An order purporting to be a prescription order not issued in the usual course of professional treatment or in legitimate and authorized research is not a prescription order within the meaning and intent of ss. 450.01 (21) and 961.38 , Stats. The person knowingly dispensing pursuant to such a purported order, as well as the person issuing it, shall be subject to the penalties provided for violation of the provision of law relating to controlled substances.

(2)  A prescription order issued by a practitioner to obtain controlled substances for the purpose of general dispensing or administration to patients by the practitioner is not valid.

History: Cr. Register, January, 1983, No. 325 , eff. 2-1-83; am. Register, August, 1991, No. 428 , eff. 9-1-91; am. (1), Register, December, 1998, No. 516 , eff. 1-1-99.