Pennsylvania Act 1980-86 — PRESCRIPTIONS - PHYSICIANS NAME ON FORM

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PRESCRIPTIONS - PHYSICIANS NAME ON FORM
                  Act of Jul. 2, 1980, P.L. 344, No. 86               Cl. 63
                                  AN ACT

     Requiring the name of the issuer of a prescription to be printed
        thereon and providing a penalty.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  (a)  The name of the physician writing a
     prescription for a drug shall be printed or stamped on the
     prescription form in addition to his signature.
        (b)  It shall be unlawful for any physician to write a
     prescription on a form which does not have his name printed or
     stamped thereon.
        (c)  It shall be unlawful for any pharmacist to fill any
     prescription written on a form which does not meet the
     requirements of this act.
        Section 2.  A violation of this act shall be a misdemeanor of
     the third degree.
        Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.