Which action is explicitly listed as Forging/Altering Prescription?

Which action is explicitly listed as Forging/Altering Prescription?

• A. Increasing the prescribed quantity of a dangerous drug by forging the prescription
• B. Filling a prescription exactly as written
• C. Refusing to fill a prescription
• D. Writing a prescription for a drug you know is unsafe

Answer: (A)

Forging or altering a prescription means making unauthorized changes to a prescription or creating a false one to change what the patient should receive. Increasing the prescribed quantity of a dangerous drug by forging the prescription is exactly that: it involves tampering with the prescription’s instructions to obtain more medication than was originally authorized, which is a deliberate act of alteration and forgery. Fittingly, other actions don’t involve changing the prescription itself. Filling a prescription exactly as written is simply following the order. Refusing to fill a prescription isn’t altering the document. Writing a prescription for a drug you know is unsafe is a serious ethical violation, but it’s not about altering an existing prescription.

Forging or altering a prescription means making unauthorized changes to a prescription or creating a false one to change what the patient should receive. Increasing the prescribed quantity of a dangerous drug by forging the prescription is exactly that: it involves tampering with the prescription’s instructions to obtain more medication than was originally authorized, which is a deliberate act of alteration and forgery.

Fittingly, other actions don’t involve changing the prescription itself. Filling a prescription exactly as written is simply following the order. Refusing to fill a prescription isn’t altering the document. Writing a prescription for a drug you know is unsafe is a serious ethical violation, but it’s not about altering an existing prescription.