315.208 Dispensing prescription issued by a practitioner who has died --
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Limitations.
(1)Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when a pharmacist is
aware that a practitioner has died, a prescription issued by that practitioner may
continue to be dispensed based on the pharmacist's professional judgment and no
later than one hundred eighty
(180)days following the date on which the
practitioner died.
(2)Nothing in this section authorizes the dispensing of a prescription that was issued
for a controlled substance unless permitted under the federal Controlled Substances
Act and regulations of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.