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hand side) and send both copies to the
Texas Department of Public Safety, Tripli-
cate Prescription Section, P. 0. Box 4087,
Austin, Texas 787730001, within 30 days
from the date the prescription is adminis-
tered and/or dispensed.
(f)-(g) (No change.),
[(h) When veterinarians conduct
only an examination on animals brought to
his or her office by animal owners or ani-
mal custodians, administer and/or dispense
a Schedule II controlled substance, and then
release the animal, the triplicate prescription
form will be completed and processed as in
subsections (c)-(e) of this section.]
(h)[(i)j When a surgical procedure
is performed using a Schedule II controlled
substance as a general anesthetic in a surgi-
cal facility, not located in a hospital setting,
the triplicate prescription shall be com-
pleted as follows:
(1)-(2) (No change.)
13.46. Utilization of Triplicate Prescrip-
tion Forms by Practi-tloners, Other Than
Veterinarians, for Small Amounts of Con-
trolled Substances. When it is not desirable
to issue a triplicate prescription for each
administering [administration] or dispens-
ing of small amounts (not to exceed 100
milligrams by injection, 150 milligrams
orally, or used topically) of Schedule 11
controlled substances for minor office pro-
cedures, it must be recorded on the tripli-
cate prescription form as follows:
(1) (No change.)
(2) the complete list, [along]
with Copy I and Copy 2 of a completed
triplicate prescription form, will be submit-
ted to the Texas Department of Public Safe-
ty, Triplicate Prescription Section, P. 0. Box
4087, Austin, Texas 78773-0001, on the
first working day of the month following
the month of patient's visit. This may be
submitted [done] on a biweekly basis, but
is man datory monthly;
(3) a separate triplicate prescrip-
tion form and list will be required for each
drug administered and the triplicate pre-
scription form [list] will be completed as
follows:
(A) (No change.),
(B) the total amount of
Schedule II controlled substance adminis-
tered for the reported month (or reporting
period) [along] with the total number of
patients on the attached list. Example: 10
cc's of 4.0% cocaine solution administered
to 65 patients;
(C) in "Date Issued" space
record month and year. Example: January
1990 [1982], February 1990 [1982], etc;(D) the practitioner will
manually sign the completed triplicate pre-
scription form in the "Dispense as Written"
space;
(E) (No change.)
(P) attach [both] Copy 1 and
Copy 2 to the patient name list and submit
as outlined in paragraph (2) of this section
[subsection].
13.47. Exceptions to Use of Triplicate Pre-
scription Forms.
(a) A prescription written for a pa-
tient who is admitted to a hospital at the
time the prescription is written and filled is
not required to be on a triplicate prescrip-
tion form.
(1) (No change.)
(2) The term "admitted to a hos-
pital," as used in this subsection, will in-
clude the following:
(A) general hospitals, special
hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers (if li-
censed),[and] surgical suites in dental
schools, and veterinary medcal schools;
(B)-(C) (No change.)
(D) administering or dispens-
ing to animals by a veterinarian while the
animals are permanent residents of a zoo,
wildlife park, exotic game ranch, wildlife
management program, or state/federal
research facility;
[(E) if any medical proce-
dure other than an examination is per-
formed on animals admitted to animal
hospitals, animal clinics, or veterinarian of-
fices in addition to administering or dis-
pensing a Schedule II controlled substance
prior to releasing the animal;]
(E)[(F)] administering or dis-
pensing to inmates in the Texas Department
of Corrections prison system;
(F)[(G)I administering of de-
natured sodium pentobarbital for the pur-
pose of destroying injured, sick, homeless,
or unwanted animals at a humane society or
animal control agency, if the humane soci-
ety or animal control agency is registered
with the Drug Enforcement Administration
or its successor agency;
(G)[(H)1 when animal own-
ers or animal custodians bring animals to a
veterinarian for euthanasia.
(b) (No change.)13.48. Use of Triplicate Prescription by
Methodone Clinics. The following proce-
dare is established for practitioners in
merhadone clinics r4arence adnlnistering
or dispensing of methadone in compliance
with the Triplicate Prescription Program.
(1) maintain a record of the
amount of methadone administered or dis-
pensed to each patient;
(2)-(3) (No change.)
(4) the date for the report period
will be recorded in the "Date Issued" space
(month and year);
(5) return Copy 1 and Copy 2 of
the completed triplicate prescription form
to the Texas Department of Public Safety,
Triplicate Prescription Section, P. 0. Box
4087, Austin, Texas 78773-0001, monthly
[immediately whether completed on a
monthly or weekly basis].
13.49. Pharmacist Responsibilities.
(a) Upon receipt of Copy 1 and
Copy 2 of a properly completed triplicate
prescription from a practitioner, each dis-
pensing pharmacist shall utilize the "Phar-
macy Use Only" section and record the
following:
(1)-(4) (No change.)
(5) indicate on Copy 1 and
Copy 2 of the triplicate prescription form
if a quantity other than the quantity pre-
scribed is dispensed to the patient; and
(6) enter on the back of the pre-
scription the brand name, or if none, the
generic name of the drug, and the strength,
quantity, and dosage form of Schedule II
controlled substance(s) used to prepare the
mixture or compound, such as Brompton's
Mixture, etc.
(b) A pharmacist who dispenses a
Schedule II controlled substance pursuant to
an orally or telephonically communicated
prescription from a practitioner or his desig-
nated agent for an "emergency situation," as
such term is defined in 13.33(b) of this
title (relating to Written and Oral Prescrip-
tions), shall promptly reduce such prescrip-
tion to writing to include the following:
(1) name, address, and [Federal]
Drug Enforcement Administration number
of the dispensing practitioner;
(2)-(,) (No change.)
(c)-(e) t'"o change.)
(f) Within 30 days from the date a
pharmacy fills a triplicate prescription form,
the pharmacy is required to mail Copy 1 of
the form to the Texas Department of Public
Safety, Triplicate Prescription Section, P. 0.
Box 4087, Austin, Texas 78773-0001.
(g) (No change.).
(h) In an effort to more evenly dis-
tribute the work load on personnel process-
ing the triplicate forms, [the] pharmacies14 TexReg 4466 September 1, 1989
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