Table. States that Require a Prescription to Buy Syringes/Needles

California*New Hampshire
Connecticut**New Jersey
DelawareNew York
IllinoisPennsylvania
MainePuerto Rico***
MassachusettsRhode Island
*

Prescription not necessary if the equipment is to he used to inject insulin or adrenaline, and if the seller can identify the buyer and records the purchase.

**

Necessary only if the transaction involves more than ten needles/syringes.

***

If the pharmacist knows the buyer, insulin syringes may be sold.1991-92 National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Survey of Pharmacy Law

Source: 1991-92 National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Survey of Pharmacy Law

From: Law and Policy

Cover of Proceedings Workshop on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs
Proceedings Workshop on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs.
National Research Council (US) and Institute of Medicine (US) Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 1994.
Copyright 1994 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

NCBI Bookshelf. A service of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.