First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1200
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and
occupations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SECTION 1. IC 25-1-9.7-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.156-2020,
SECTION 98, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection
subsections (b) and (d), a prescriber may issue a prescription for an
opioid only if the following limitations are met:
(1) If the prescription is for an adult who is being prescribed an
opioid for the first time by the prescriber, the initial prescription
may not exceed a seven (7) day supply.
(2) If the prescription is for a child who is less than eighteen (18)
years of age, the prescription may not exceed a seven (7) day
supply.
(3) If the prescription is for an animal that is being prescribed an
opioid for the first time by the veterinarian, the initial prescription
may not exceed a seven (7) day supply.
(b) The limitations set forth in subsection (a) do not apply under any
of the following circumstances:
(1) The prescriber is issuing the prescription for the treatment or
provision of any of the following:
(A) Cancer.
(B) Palliative care.
(C) Medication-assisted treatment for a substance use disorder.
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(D) A condition that is adopted by rule by the medical
licensing board under IC 25-22.5-13-8 to be necessary to be
exempted from subsection (a).
(2) If, in the professional judgment of a prescriber, a patient
requires more than the prescription limitations specified in
subsection (a).
(c) If a prescriber:
(1) determines that a drug other than an opioid is not appropriate;
and
(2) uses an exemption specified in subsection (b)(1)(B) or (b)(2)
and issues a prescription for a patient that exceeds the limitations
set forth in subsection (a);
the prescriber shall document in the patient's medical record the
indication that a drug other than an opiate was not appropriate and that
the patient is receiving palliative care or that the prescriber is using the
prescriber's professional judgment for the exemption.
(d) If a prescriber issues a prescription for an opioid for
administration through an intrathecal pump or epidural pain
pump:
(1) the prescription may not exceed a one hundred eighty
(180) day supply; and
(2) the patient may not be required to have a face-to-face visit
with the prescriber more than once every one hundred eighty
(180) days unless the prescriber determines an earlier follow
up visit is medically necessary.
HEA 1200 Speaker of the House of Representatives
President of the Senate
President Pro Tempore
Governor of the State of Indiana
Date: Time:
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