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urn: urn:us-la:rs:37:1226
citation: "R.S. 37:1226"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 37 › Chapter 14 › Part IV"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1999, number: 767, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1999, number: 767, section: 3, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
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# Prescription; name of patient

No pharmacist or dispensing physician shall fill any prescription unless the name of the patient and the trade name, or the generic name, or the most commonly used name of the medication or device appears on the label, unless otherwise specified by the practitioner.