Sec. 3. (a) A health care provider who is licensed in Indiana and whose scope of practice includes the prescribing of medication may:

(1) write; or

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-34-4.5-3

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • emergency medication: means any of the following:

    Indiana Code 20-34-4.5-0.2

  • emergency stock medication: means emergency medication to which both of the following apply:

    Indiana Code 20-34-4.5-0.4

  • school: means a:

    Indiana Code 20-34-4.5-0.6

(2) transmit in an electronic format for an electronically transmitted prescription;

a prescription, drug order, or protocol for an emergency medication for a school or school corporation.

     (b) The state health commissioner or the state health commissioner’s designee who is a licensed prescriber may issue a statewide standing order, prescription, or protocol for emergency stock medication for schools or school corporations.

     (c) A pharmacist licensed under IC 25-26 may dispense a valid prescription, drug order, standing order, or protocol for an emergency medication issued in the name of a school or school corporation.

As added by P.L.92-2014, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.117-2017, SEC.10; P.L.28-2019, SEC.5; P.L.164-2023, SEC.56.

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