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If a physician wishes to dispense a drug that is also available in the local pharmacy, does the physician need to obtain a license from the Board of Pharmacy to dispense?

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If a physician wishes to dispense a drug that is also available in the local pharmacy, does the physician need to obtain a license from the Board of Pharmacy to dispense?

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Yes, the physician must obtain from the Board of Pharmacy a license to dispense. There are two dispensing licenses offered by the Board of Pharmacy as outlined in guidance document 110-29. The more commonly issued license is the “practitioners of the healing arts to sell controlled substances” license and it authorizes a physician to dispense drugs to his own patients only.