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IC 20-34-4.5-3 — Prescribing of emergency medication; standing order; dispensing

Chapter 4.5. Emergency Medication

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Sec. 3. (a) A health care provider who is licensed in Indiana and whose scope of practice includes the prescribing of medication may: (1) write; or (2) transmit in an electronic format for an electronically transmitted prescription; a prescription, drug order, or protocol for an emergency medication for a school or school corporation. (b) The state health commissioner or the state health commissioner's designee who is a licensed prescriber may issue a statewide standing order, prescription, or protocol for emergency stock medication for schools or school corporations. (c) A pharmacist licensed under IC 25-26 may dispense a valid prescription, drug order, standing order, or protocol for an emergency medication issued in the name of a school or school corporation.

As added by P.L.92-2014, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.117-2017, SEC.10; P.L.28-2019, SEC.5; P.L.164-2023, SEC.56.

Source: official publisher (2026 edition)

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