Verifying a Practitioner's Prescriptive Authority

A pharmacist who dispenses medications reported to the Massachusetts Prescription Monitoring Program ("PMP") shall register with and maintain login information for the electronic system to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances authorized by M.G.L. c. 94C, § 24A, known as PMP or MassPAT. (2) A pharmacist may not fill a prescription unless the pharmacist, in the exercise of his or her professional judgment, determines that: (a) the prescription was issued for a legitimate medical purpose by a practitioner acting in the usual course of his or her professional practice; (b) there is a valid patient-practitioner relationship; (c) the prescription is authentic; and (d) the dispensing is in accordance with M.G.L. c. 94C, § 19(a).