Vermont § 4290 - Replacement prescriptions and medications

§ 4290. Replacement prescriptions and medications

• (a) As used in this section, “replacement prescription” means an unscheduled prescription
  request in the event that the document on which a patient’s prescription was written
  or the patient’s prescribed medication is reported to the prescriber as having been
  lost or stolen. (b) When a patient or a patient’s parent or guardian requests a replacement prescription
  for a Schedule II, III, or IV controlled substance, the patient’s health care provider
  shall query the VPMS prior to writing the replacement prescription to determine whether
  the patient may be receiving more than a therapeutic dosage of the controlled substance. (c) When a health care provider writes a replacement prescription pursuant to this section,
  the provider shall clearly indicate as much by writing the word “REPLACEMENT” on the
  face of the prescription. The health care provider shall document the writing of the
  replacement prescription in the patient’s medical record. (Added 2013, No. 75, § 12, eff. Oct. 1, 2013.)