(1) At a facility with a controlled substance registration certificate issued by the United States department of justice, drug enforcement administration, for the operation of a narcotic treatment program, a nurse licensed under chapter 14, title 54 , Idaho Code, may, pursuant to a valid order of a physician licensed under chapter 18, title 54 , Idaho Code: (a) Prepare and administer to a patient at that facility a controlled substance whether or not a practitioner is present; and (b) Deliver at that facility to a patient for subsequent use by the patient off-site, take-home doses of a controlled substance, provided that: (i) The patient is entitled to receive take-home doses of the controlled substance; (ii) The take-home doses delivered by the nurse to the patient were obtained at the facility by the nurse from a locked storage area suitable to prevent unauthorized access and to ensure a proper environment for preservation of the drugs within such area; and (iii) The take-home doses were prepared pursuant to a valid order of the physician by a pharmacist licensed under chapter 17, title 54 , Idaho Code, and were delivered by the pharmacist to the locked storage area at the facility in a suitable container appropriately labeled for subsequent delivery by the nurse to the patient and for subsequent use by the patient entitled to receive the take-home doses of the controlled substance. (2) A nurse acting under the authority of this section is exempt from the registration requirements imposed by this chapter.
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