MS HB530

Prohibits health care practitioners from prescribing more than a fifteen-day supply of any controlled substance in Schedules II, III, IV, or V to any person under twenty-one years of age.

Defines "valid prescription" for controlled substances as one issued for a legitimate medical purpose by a practitioner who has conducted at least one in-person medical evaluation of the patient or by a covering practitioner.

Prohibits valid prescriptions based solely on a consumer's completion of an online medical questionnaire.

Exempts prescriptions issued by practitioners engaged in telemedicine as authorized under state or federal law from the in-person evaluation requirement.

Takes effect July 1, 2017.