EMERGENCY CASES UNDER WHICH PRESCRIPTIONS NEED NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED ON THE PRESCRIBED PRESCRIPTION FORMS (DDB FORM NO. 1-72) FOR DANGEROUS DRUGS

Pursuant to the powers vested in the Dangerous Drugs Board under
Section 36(a) of R.A. 6425, as amended, and for the purpose of Section
25(b), also of the said Act, relating to emergency cases under which
prescriptions need not be issued in the official prescription forms for
dangerous drugs:

SECTION 1.       The following are specified as falling within the category of emergency cases:

(a)          Where the prescription has to be issued to a patient
whose need for dangerous drugs is immediate and urgent and has been
brought about by the effects, or during the course of natural and other
calamities, such as typhoons, earthquakes, conflagrations, etc., of such
a magnitude as to preclude prompt access to the official prescription
forms for dangerous drugs;

(b)          Where the need for prescribing the dangerous drugs
has arisen as a result of a serious accident necessitating the
administration of the drugs at the scene or in the vicinity of the
accident and the required prescription forms are not readily available;

(c)          Where the need for the dangerous drugs is urgent and
its ready availability may, in the opinion of the prescribing
physician, spell the difference between the life and death of the
patient, and for unavoidable and justifiable reasons the prescribed
prescription form is not within access.

SECTION 2.       In every case where the exempting
provision of Section 25(b) of R.A. 6425, as amended, is availed of, the
prescribing physician shall certify, at the back of the ordinary
prescription form utilized, as to the nature, time, and place of the
emergency conditions and the name and address of the patient, and shall
see to it that his (physician’s) full name and address is indicated in
printed form beneath his signature.  He shall also strictly comply with
the requirement in said section 25(b) that “the prescribing physician
shall, within three (3) days from issuing such prescription, inform the
Board of the same in writing.”

SECTION 3.       This regulation shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 3 April 1973

(SGD.) CLEMENTE S. GATMAITAN, M.D., M.P.H.
Chairman