# Arizona — State Opioid Initial Prescribing Limits

For Arizona, initial supply days is five-day supply; applies to is Schedule II opioids, initial prescription, all prescribers authorized under Title 32; exception provision is an initial prescription for a schedule II controlled substance that is an opioid following a surgical procedure is limited to not more than a fourteen-day supply; citation is 32-3248, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **state:** Arizona _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **initial supply days:** five-day supply _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **applies to:** Schedule II opioids, initial prescription, all prescribers authorized under Title 32 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **exception provision:** an initial prescription for a schedule II controlled substance that is an opioid following a surgical procedure is limited to not more than a fourteen-day supply _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **citation:** 32-3248 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> shall limit the initial prescription for a patient for a schedule II controlled substance that is an opioid to not more than a five-day supply, except that an initial prescription for a schedule II controlled substance that is an opioid following a surgical procedure is limited to not more than a fourteen-day supply.

## Source

- https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/03248.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
Part of [State Opioid Initial Prescribing Limits](https://referencesource.org/state-opioid-prescribing-limits/).