QuestionsQuestions (DOH ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 90)
It amends DOH A.O. No. 62, s. 1989—specifically the rules on prescribing requirements—by allowing physicians to write more than one drug product on the same page of a prescription form for the same patient.
Sections 3.0 and 4.0 were amended by deleting paragraphs 3.4 and 4.3.4, respectively.
It allows the writing of the generic names of more than one drug product on one prescription form.
The generic names of more than one drug product may be written in the same prescription form.
No. A.O. No. 90 provides that the prescription form is no longer regarded as erroneous even if it contains more than one drug product.
It was in response to the request of prescribing doctors to allow them to write the name of more than one drug product on the same page of a prescription form for a particular patient.
It removed the prior restriction that treated multiple drug listings on one page as improper/erroneous by deleting the restrictive paragraphs in A.O. 62.
It takes effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two newspapers of general circulation.
It is counted from the date of publication in two newspapers of general circulation.
It states that it no longer regards a prescription form with more than one drug product as erroneous.
A.O. No. 90 is an amendment to A.O. No. 62, s. 1989, modifying specific prescribing requirements under Sections 3.0 and 4.0.
DOH Administrative Order No. 90 (Amdt. to A.O. 62, s. 1989), which permits writing generic names of more than one drug product in one prescription form.
It amended specific provisions by deletion of identified paragraphs (3.4 and 4.3.4) from Sections 3.0 and 4.0 of the earlier A.O. 62, thereby changing the rule set without rewriting the whole order.