| Requirement of Protocol - Prescribing/Dispensing

| Requirement of Protocol - Prescribing/Dispensing Physician assistants shall practice according to a protocol which has been mutually agreed upon by the physician assistant and the supervising physician. Each protocol shall be prepared taking into consideration the specialty of the supervising physician and must outline diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and categories of pharmacologic agents which may be ordered, administered, dispensed and/or prescribed for patients with diagnoses identified by the physician assistant. Each protocol shall contain a detailed description of back-up coverage if the supervising physician is away from the primary office. Although licensed, no physician assistant shall practice until they have reported their supervisor and practice information to the Board via the Medical Enforcement and Licensure System (MELS) online gateway or successor system. Except as hereinafter provided in below, physician assistants may not write prescriptions for or dispense controlled substances or any other drug having addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining liability. A physician assistant may, however, administer such medications pursuant to an order by the supervising physician if in the protocol. Prescribing Controlled Substances and Medications by Physician Assistants A. Scope Pursuant to these rules, authorized physician assistants may prescribe controlled substances in Schedules II through V. B. Application for Authority to Prescribe Controlled Substances 1. Physician assistant applicants applying for controlled substance prescriptive authority must complete a Board approved educational program prior to making application. 2. In order to obtain the authority to prescribe controlled substances in any schedule, the physician assistant shall submit an application approved by the Board. C. Incorporation of Physician Rules Pertaining to Prescribing, Administering and Dispensing of Medication For the purpose of directing the manner in which physician assistants may prescribe controlled substances, the Board incorporates Administrative Code Part 2640, Chapter 1 Pertaining to Prescribing, Administering and Dispensing of Medication as applied to physicians, including but not limited to all Definitions, Maintenance of Records and Inventories, Use of Diet Medication, Use of Controlled Substances for Chronic (Non- Terminal) Pain, and Prescription Guidelines. All physician assistants authorized to prescribe controlled substances shall fully comply with these rules. As stated herein, it is understood Physician Assistants may not dispense medications. D. Registration for Controlled Substances Certificate Prescriptive Authority 1. Every physician assistant authorized to practice in Mississippi who prescribes any controlled substance must be registered with the U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration in compliance with Title 21 CFR, Part 1301 Food and Drugs. 2. Pursuant to authority granted in Mississippi Code, Section 41-29-125, the Board hereby adopts, in lieu of a separate registration with the Board, the registration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as required in Part 2615, Rule 1.5.D.1, provided, however, where a physician assistant already possesses a controlled substances registration certificate for a practice location in another state or jurisdiction, the physician assistant may not transfer or otherwise use the same registration until he or she meets the training requirements set forth in Part 2615,