OAR 852-020-0035: Prescribing

(1) An optometric physician may use, prescribe, dispense or administer controlled substances in Schedules III-V and Schedule II hydrocodone-combination drugs only to a person with whom the doctor has a bona fide physician-patient relationship. (2) An optometric physician may not use, prescribe, dispense or administer Schedule III-V controlled substances or Schedule II hydrocodone-combination drugs to himself/herself. (3) An optometric physician may not use, prescribe, dispense or administer Schedule III-V controlled substances or Schedule II hydrocodone-combination drugs to an immediate family member except in emergency situations. “Immediate family member” means spouse, domestic partner, child, stepchild, sibling, parent, in-law or other individual for whom an optometric physician’s personal or emotional involvement may render the doctor unable to exercise detached professional judgment in reaching diagnostic or therapeutic decisions. (4) It is unprofessional conduct for an optometric physician to use, prescribe, dispense or administer controlled substances in Schedules III-V or Schedule II hydrocodone-combination drugs outside the scope of practice of optometry or in a manner that impairs the health and safety of an individual. (5) All drugs dispensed by an optometric physician must follow all applicable Oregon Board of Pharmacy rules governing dispensing. All dispensed drugs must be labeled with the following information: (a) Name, address and telephone number of the optometric physician; (b) Date; (c) Name of patient for which the drug is dispensed; (d) Name of the drug, strength, the quantity dispensed. When a generic name is used, the label must also contain the name of the manufacturer or distributor; (e) Direction for use; (f) Required precautionary information; (g) Such other and further accessory cautionary information as required for patient safety; and (h) An expiration date after which the patient should not use the drug. Expiration dates on drugs dispensed must be the same as that on the original container unless, in the optometric physician’s professional judgment, a shorter expiration date is warranted. Any drug bearing an expiration date may not be dispensed beyond the said expiration date of the drug.