2006-09-10 12:07:17 · 12 answers · asked by CAP 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Yes, in certain states, a pharmacist can write prescriptions. Normally, this is done on protocol.
About 15 different professions have some kind of prescriptive authority in Illinois. The major ones are DDS, MD, DO, nurse practioner, physician assistant, and podiatrist.
Illinois currently does not allow pharmacist prescriptive authority; more or less because the medical society always manages to kill the bill.
2006-09-13 13:07:19 · answer #1 · answered by Lea 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pharmacist cannot write a prescription legally.
I work at a hospital and I know they can take what is called (verbal orders) and write it down as per MD but not on their own.
2006-09-10 12:10:25 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Mandeville 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pharmacist can fill a prescription, only a doctor can write one.
2006-09-10 12:10:22 · answer #3 · answered by ddelatoba 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No a pharmacist cannot write prescriptions, they can only dispense them.
2006-09-10 12:10:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. only a doctor (or someone designated by the doctor such as nurse pract. or physician assist) a pharmacist can only fill the prescription.
2006-09-10 12:15:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No i,ve never heard of a pharmacist being able to write a presciption
2006-09-10 12:11:01 · answer #6 · answered by pannelllinda 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, (s)he can only fill them. The only people licensed to write prescriptions are physicians and nurse practitioners. (Dentists, who are a special type of physician, may also write them.)
2006-09-10 16:38:58 · answer #7 · answered by medrecgal1973 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, has to come for a doctor or a nurse practioner.
2006-09-10 12:10:14 · answer #8 · answered by flower 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Sorry, you can't get the guy at Rite-Aid to give you medical marijauna.
2006-09-10 12:11:59 · answer #9 · answered by theblackenedphoenix 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not in ALABAMA!! Only a Dr.
2006-09-10 12:13:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋