question: C-II RX expiration date in MA. 5 days or 30 days???

[walgreen123]

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I will take MA MPJE in 2 weeks. I am confused with the expiration date of C-II RX in MA. Is it 5 days or 30 days? The board of phamracy says:
M.G.L. c. 94C, s. 23(a) "A prescription for a controlled substance in Schedule II shall become invalid five days from the date of issuance."

The prescription shall expire five (30) days FOLLOWING the date of issuance by the prescribing practitioner. A pharmacist shall count the day after the prescription is written as day one.

What dose the five (30) mean? five days? or 30 days???? In CA, it's 6 months! Thanks

 

[Abby Atwood]

Can you link what you are citing? From what I'm finding, it looks like a CII script expires in 30 days.

Massachusetts law (chapter 94C, section 23) states:
"A written prescription for a controlled substance in Schedule II shall become invalid 30 days after the date of issuance."
Section 23

The MA board of pharmacy also clarified the definition of 'date of issuance' in a policy statement:
"In order to comply with M.G.L. c.94C, § 23, and the amended DEA regulation, the "Date of Issuance" shall be the "Do Not Fill Before" date (or similar language) indicated by the prescriber. The "Date Written" shall be the date that the prescription was written and signed by the prescriber. Thus, in accordance with M.G.L. c.94C, § 23, such a written prescription will become invalid 30 days after the date of issuance."
2007-01: Joint Policy regarding Issuance of Multiple Prescriptions for Schedule II Controlled Substances

 

[zelman]

I will take MA MPJE in 2 weeks. I am confused with the expiration date of C-II RX in MA. Is it 5 days or 30 days? The board of phamracy says:
M.G.L. c. 94C, s. 23(a) "A prescription for a controlled substance in Schedule II shall become invalid five days from the date of issuance."

The prescription shall expire five (30) days FOLLOWING the date of issuance by the prescribing practitioner. A pharmacist shall count the day after the prescription is written as day one.

What dose the five (30) mean? five days? or 30 days???? In CA, it's 6 months! Thanks

It’s 5 days from out of state. 30 days in state.

Edit: it’s in chapter 94C section 18 subsection 2 subsubsection d, obviously.

 

[walgreen123]

It was from here:
mass.gov/policy-statement/96-001-expiration-of-a-cii-prescription

So in MA, you can fill out of state C-II?
In CA, we refuse to fill C-II from other states. I remember some complicated cases while in school, such as: if you work in a pharmacy at the CA/NV border, like Tahoe, a NV resident brings a C-II written by a NV doctor, you can fill, but must send/ship to the pt's NV address; but a CA resident brings a C-II by NV doctor, you can't fill; something like that, very complicated, maybe I am wrong on this. Fortunately, I didn't get this kind of questions on CPJE.

 

[walgreen123]

It’s 5 days from out of state. 30 days in state.

Edit: it’s in chapter 94C section 18 subsection 2 subsubsection d, obviously.

Thanks for clarification.

 

[cookiesarecool]

It was from here:
mass.gov/policy-statement/96-001-expiration-of-a-cii-prescription

So in MA, you can fill out of state C-II?
In CA, we refuse to fill C-II from other states. I remember some complicated cases while in school, such as: if you work in a pharmacy at the CA/NV border, like Tahoe, a NV resident brings a C-II written by a NV doctor, you can fill, but must send/ship to the pt's NV address; but a CA resident brings a C-II by NV doctor, you can't fill; something like that, very complicated, maybe I am wrong on this. Fortunately, I didn't get this kind of questions on CPJE.

CA BOP allows CIIs from other state providers to be filled, if you comply with the others states laws (which requires you to know another states rules) then mail it directly to the Pts out-of-state address, they can't pick it up in CA. See CA business & prof code sec 11164.1[a][1]
I guess it gets tricky when the pt is a CA resident...?

 

[KennethCool]

In CA, any scheduled drug needs to be on California state certified security paper. Any prescriber out of state will not have California security paper, so the prescription will not be valid to be filled in the state.