§328-16.5 - Prescription labeling.
[§328-16.5] Prescription labeling. (a) A practitioner or the practitioner's authorized representative shall:
(1) Offer to the consumer the option of having thesymptom or condition for which a drug is being prescribed listed on theconsumer's prescription drug label; and
(2) Inform the consumer of the consumer's right tonot have the symptom or condition listed on the prescription drug label.
(b) The symptom or condition shall not appearon the prescription drug label if the consumer refuses.
(c) Instructions for including the symptom orcondition on the consumer's prescription drug label shall be written by thepractitioner on the prescription.
(d) The symptom or condition shall be printedon the prescription drug label only if it is written on the prescription aspart of the directions for use. Any symptom or condition written on aprescription that is not part of the directions for use shall not be printed onthe prescription drug label. [L 1995, c 206, §1]