ID H0503

Prescription drug orders for legend drugs require a valid prescriber-patient relationship with documented patient evaluation adequate to establish diagnoses and identify underlying conditions or contraindications, with treatment based solely on online questionnaires or consultations outside ongoing clinical relationships deemed invalid.

Prescribers may issue valid prescription drug orders by practitioners acting in usual course of profession, or by out-of-state licensed physicians, dentists, veterinarians, and scientific investigators acting within their jurisdiction and scope of authority.

Prescribers without an established prescriber-patient relationship may prescribe medications in seven specific circumstances: initial admission orders for hospitalized patients, covering another prescriber's patients, supervising physician assistants or nurse practitioners, short-term medication for new patients before first appointment, medical emergencies, public health emergencies, and treatment of sexual partners for sexually transmitted diseases per CDC guidelines.

Prescribing drugs to individuals without a prescriber-patient relationship and outside the exemptions established in this section constitutes unprofessional conduct subject to disciplinary action under applicable Idaho Code licensing provisions.