AG Opinion 2024-3

An opinion concluding that physician assistants are authorized to prescribe Schedule II drugs, but this authority is limited to on-site administration. Title 63, section 2-312(E) (Supp.2022) confirms that physician assistants prescribing controlled substances must otherwise comply with the 519.6 of title 59. Section 519.6 grants physician assistants a general authority to “prescribe drugs, including controlled medications in Schedules II through V,” but expressly qualifies in the next subsection that “[a] physician assistant may write an order for a Schedule II drug for immediate or ongoing administration on site.” 63 O.S.Supp.2022, 519.6(E)(1–2).