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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations » Article 5. Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Interns and Pharmacies » §30-5-14. Prohibiting the Dispensing of Prescription Orders in Absence of Practitioner-Patient Relationship

A pharmacist may not compound or dispense any prescription order when he or she has knowledge that the prescription was issued by a practitioner without establishing a valid practitioner-patient relationship. An online or telephonic evaluation by questionnaire, or an online or telephonic consultation, is inadequate to establish a valid practitioner-patient relationship: Provided, That this prohibition does not apply:

(1) In a documented emergency;