(3)  A prescription may not be issued for "medically managed withdrawal", also known as "detoxification treatment" or "maintenance treatment", unless the prescription is for a schedule III, IV, or V narcotic drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration specifically for use in maintenance or detoxification treatment and the practitioner is in compliance with title 21 Code of Federal Regulations section 1301.28, the registration requirements of section 329-32(e), and any other federal or state regulatory standards relating to treatment qualification, security, records, and unsupervised use of drugs; see full law

"Practitioner" means:     (1)  A physician, dentist, veterinarian, scientific investigator, or other person licensed and registered under section 329-32 to distribute, dispense, or conduct research with respect to a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this State;     (2)  An advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority licensed and registered under section 329-32 to prescribe and administer controlled substances in the course of professional practice in this State; and     (3)  A pharmacy, hospital, or other institution licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or to administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this State. see full law

(1)  A prescription for a controlled substance shall be issued for a legitimate medical purpose by an individual practitioner acting in the usual course of the practitioner's professional practice.  The responsibility for the proper prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances shall be upon the prescribing practitioner, but a corresponding responsibility shall rest with the pharmacist who fills the prescription.  An order purporting to be a prescription issued not in the usual course of professional treatment or for legitimate and authorized research shall not be deemed a prescription within the meaning and intent of this section, and the person who knowingly fills such a purported prescription, as well as the person who issues the prescription, shall be subject to the penalties provided for violations of this chapter; see full law

(a) A physician, in good faith and in the course of professional practice only, may prescribe, administer or dispense a controlled substance in accordance with ,the certificate of registration, or may cause the same to be administered by a health care professional under the direction and supervision of the physician. see full law

(e) A physician assistant, in good faith and in the course of professional practice only, may prescribe or administer a controlled substance under the authority and supervision of the supervising physician as designated under section 329-38, Hawaii 'Revised Statutes. see full law