Editorial
On June 30, 2023, TLC Pet Snip prescribed a drug to a patient animal.
Florida Administrative Code 64B16-28.108 states the following:
All Permits—Labels and Labeling of Medicinal Drugs. Here’s an article about it on the Cornell Law School website, as well.
Note that it says in (2) the label affixed to each container dispensed to a patient shall include:
(a) Name and address of the pharmacy.
(b) Date of dispensing.
(c) Serial number.
(d) Name of the patient or, if the patient is an animal, the name of the owner and the species of animal.
(e) Name of the prescriber.
(f) Name of the drug dispensed (except where the prescribing practitioner specifically requests that the name is to be withheld).
(g) Directions for use.
(h) An Expiration Date or Beyond-Use Date: The expiration date must be the date provided by the manufacturer, repackager, or other distributor. The beyond-use date must not exceed the expiration date and it shall not be a date greater than one year from the date the medicinal drug is filled. The board finds that the use of a “discard-after-date” or “do not use after date” to be equivalent of a beyond-use date.
(i) If the medicinal drug is a controlled substance, a warning that it is a crime to transfer the drug to another person.
There is nothing about it being handwritten. But at least from what I can see from the picture, the label lacked (a), (b), (d) at least the name of the owner, (e), (f) although that may be visible on the other side of the bottle, (h) “for life” does not constitute an expiration date.
HOW MANY DRUGS HAVE THEY DONE THIS TO????
Remember it’s your pet’s life that could be in danger!!!