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News  Circular Letter: 16-12-655 Schedule II Opioids: Prescription Form Requirements and Patient Requests for Partial Fill

12/16/2016
  • Drug Control Program
  • Bureau of Health Professions Licensure
  • Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality

Circular letter

TO: Massachusetts Controlled Substance Registrants

FROM: Eric Sheehan, J.D., Director, Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality
James Lavery, Acting Director, Bureau of Health Professions Licensure

DATE: December 16, 2016

RE: Schedule II Opioids: Prescription Form Requirements and Patient Requests for Partial Fill

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