NARCOTIC NEWS
Drug Law in Missouri 195.080
Excepted substances--prescription or dispensing limitation on amount of
supply--may be increased by physician, procedure.
Except as otherwise in sections 195.005 to 195.425 specifically provided,
sections 195.005 to 195.425 shall not apply to the following cases: prescribing,
administering, dispensing or selling at retail of liniments, ointments, and other
preparations that are susceptible of external use only and that contain
controlled substances in such combinations of drugs as to prevent the drugs
from being readily extracted from such liniments, ointments, or preparations,
except that sections 195.005 to 195.425 shall apply to all liniments, ointments,
and other preparations that contain coca leaves in any quantity or combination.
2. The quantity of Schedule II controlled substances prescribed or dispensed at
any one time shall be limited to a thirty-day supply. The quantity of Schedule III,
IV or V controlled substances prescribed or dispensed at any one time shall be
limited to a ninety-day supply and shall be prescribed and dispensed in
compliance with the general provisions of sections 195.005 to 195.425. The
supply limitations provided in this subsection may be increased up to three
months if the physician describes on the prescription form or indicates via
telephone, fax, or electronic communication to the pharmacy to be entered on
or attached to the prescription form the medical reason for requiring the larger
supply.
3. The partial filling of a prescription for a Schedule II substance is permissible
as defined by regulation by the department of health and senior services.
(RSMo 1939 § 9839, A.L. 1965 p. 326, A.L. 1971 H.B. 69, A.L. 1987 H.B. 51 &
49, A.L. 1989 S.B. 215 & 58, A.L. 1997 H.B. 635, A.L. 2005 S.B. 74 & 49)