Which health care professional is licensed to prescribe controlled substances?

a. LPN/LVN
b. Physical therapist
c. Pharmacist
d. Physician


ANS: D
Federal and state laws make it a crime for anyone to possess controlled substances without a prescription. Each state has a practice act that lists which health care providers may dispense and write prescriptions for controlled substances. Physicians may write prescriptions for controlled substances.

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a. lower abdominal quadrants. b. pubic area. c. rib margins. d. umbilical area.

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