GoldenPA Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) My SP needs a Rx for traveling and asked me to send to the pharmacy. Nothing risky at all but is that legal? Obviously not okay to give nacrs etc. provider to provider, but I worry about a person in supervisor position crap. Any insight? Edited March 17, 2020 by GoldenPA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas5814 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 I had this discussion a few times over the years. My personal sense is your SP delegates your prescriptive privilege to you. You writing him/her a prescription COULD be construed as self prescribing or undue influence on you. This would be particularly true if nothing is documented in the chart. I approach these things from the perspective of "how would I explain this to the board?" Now the odds of anyone actually taking issue with it is low but all it takes is a pharmacist who wants to be a horses patoot.... 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 If there was not a formal chart for an individual, I would always write out a paper note and keep it stored in a file for such interactions. I NEVER prescribed without covering my backside. Silly me, I even followed the state rule to put the patient address and DOB on the prescription. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted March 18, 2020 Administrator Share Posted March 18, 2020 I've written Mupirocin for an SP before. Definitely would NOT, even with good documentation, for anything with any sort of a street value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted March 18, 2020 Moderator Share Posted March 18, 2020 1) they must be a patient (this is the one the state boards get you on!) They need to fill out paperwork, sign a consent to treat and officially become a patient 2) there needs to be a note (see above - this is the most common things the state boards seem to get people on) no prescribing with out at least a SOAP note 3) we have a couple doc's in my practice so I noted that a different doc is the SP when I do thiis. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas5814 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 1) they must be a patient (this is the one the state boards get you on!) They need to fill out paperwork, sign a consent to treat and officially become a patient here is the sticky point. Under many supervision rules the relationship, officially, is between the patient and the SP even if the SP never sees the patient. So the SP would be a patient of himself/herself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinntsp Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Write an email to yourself with a visit note. Always document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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