| (a) An unused official prescription form is invalid
and the practitioner or another person acting on behalf of the practitioner
must return the unused form to the board with an appropriate explanation
not later than the 30th day after the date:
(1) the practitioner's license to practice, DEA number
is canceled, revoked, suspended, denied, or surrendered or amended
to exclude the handling of all Schedule II controlled substances;
or
(2) the practitioner is deceased.
(b) An individual who is an institutional practitioner
must return an unused official prescription form to the administrator
of the hospital or other training institution upon completion or termination
of the individual's training at the hospital or institution. The administrator
must return an unused official prescription form to the board not
later than the 30th day after the date the individual completes or
terminates all training programs.
(c) No individual may continue to use an official prescription
form issued under an institutional practitioner's DEA number or similar
number after the individual has been properly and individually licensed
as a practitioner by the appropriate state health regulatory agency.
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