(1) Topical medication prescribed for a patient on a specific or standing basis by a licensed medical practitioner with prescriptive authority must be obtained from a licensed Montana pharmacy. The topical medication may be obtained by either:

(a) the clinician who will be administering the topical medication; or

(b) the patient.

(2) All prescribed topical medications, whether obtained by the clinician or directly by the patient, must be stored at the clinician's place of business in compliance with proper storage guidelines under Title 37, chapter 7, MCA, or as otherwise developed by the Board of Pharmacy.

(a) Any particular requirements for storage as noted by the pharmacist must be followed by the clinician.

(b) Topical medications must be stored in the environmental conditions as prescribed by the labeled drug directions.

(c) All topical medications obtained by the patient directly and brought to the clinician's place of business must be returned to the patient's possession at the termination of the course of treatment with the patient.

(d) No topical medications obtained by the patient directly may be transferred to or used in treatment of any other occupational therapy patient.

(3) All topical medications must be administered by the clinician as prescribed and in accordance with any pharmacy guidelines given with the topical medication.

(4) A copy of the written prescription specifying the topical medication to be applied and the method of application (direct application, phonophoresis or iontophoresis) must be retained in the patient's occupational therapy medical records.