§ 6810. Prescriptions. 1. No drug for which a prescription is required\nby the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act or by the\ncommissioner of health shall be distributed or dispensed to any person\nexcept upon a prescription written by a person legally authorized to\nissue such prescription. Such drug shall be compounded or dispensed by a\nlicensed pharmacist, and no such drug shall be dispensed without\naffixing to the immediate container in which the drug is sold or\ndispensed a label bearing the name and address of the owner of the\nestablishment in which it was dispensed, the date compounded, the number\nof the prescription under which it is recorded in the pharmacist's\nprescription files, the name of the prescriber, the name and address of\nthe patient, and the directions for the use of the drug by the patient\nas given upon the prescription. All labels shall conform to such rules\nand regulations as promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to section\nsixty-eight hundred twenty-nine of this article. The prescribing and\ndispensing of a drug which is a controlled substance shall be subject to\nadditional requirements provided in article thirty-three of the public\nhealth law. The words "drug" and "prescription required drug" within the\nmeaning of this article shall not be construed to include soft or hard\ncontact lenses, eyeglasses, or any other device for the aid or\ncorrection of vision. Nothing in this subdivision shall prevent a\npharmacy from furnishing a drug to another pharmacy which does not have\nsuch drug in stock for the purpose of filling a prescription.\n 1-a. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, at the\nprescriber's request, the prescription label for mifepristone or\nmisoprostol shall include the name or address of the prescribing health\ncare practice instead of the name of the prescriber.\n 2. (a) A prescription may not be refilled unless it bears a contrary\ninstruction and indicates on its face the number of times it may be\nrefilled. A prescription may not be refilled more times than allowed on\nthe prescription. The date of each refilling must be indicated on the\noriginal prescription. Prescriptions for controlled substances shall be\nrefilled only pursuant to article thirty-three of the public health law.\n A pharmacy registered with the department pursuant to section\nsixty-eight hundred eight or sixty-eight hundred eight-b of this article\nmay not deliver a new or refilled prescription off premises without the\nconsent of the patient or an individual authorized to consent on the\npatient's behalf. For the purposes of this section, consent may be\nobtained in the same manner and process by which consent is deemed\nacceptable under the federal Medicare Part D program.\n (b) Pharmacy providers who deliver medication without patient or\nauthorized individual consent will be required to accept the return of\nthe medication from the patient, provide that patient credit for any\ncharges they may have paid, and will be required to destroy those\nmedications sent without consent on delivery in accordance with\napplicable state and federal law. Nothing in this section shall be\ndeemed to interfere with the requirements for refill reminder or\nmedication adherence programs. Nothing in this section is intended to\napply to long-term care pharmacy dispensing and delivery.\n 3. A copy of a prescription for a controlled substance shall not be\nfurnished to the patient but may be furnished to any licensed\npractitioner authorized to write such prescription. Copies of other\nprescriptions shall be furnished to the patient at his request, but such\ncopies are issued for the informational purposes of the prescribers\nonly, and shall be so worded.\n 4. (a) Oral prescriptions for controlled substances shall be filled\npursuant to article thirty-three of the public health law. A pharmacist\nmay fill an oral prescription for a drug, other than a controlled\nsubstance, made by a pra
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