# North Carolina — State Opioid Initial Prescribing Limits

For North Carolina, initial supply days is five-day supply; applies to is Targeted controlled substances upon initial consultation for acute pain; seven-day supply allowed post-operatively; exception provision is unless the prescription is for post-operative acute pain relief for use immediately following a surgical procedure; citation is 90-106, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **state:** North Carolina _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **initial supply days:** five-day supply _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **applies to:** Targeted controlled substances upon initial consultation for acute pain; seven-day supply allowed post-operatively _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **exception provision:** unless the prescription is for post-operative acute pain relief for use immediately following a surgical procedure _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **citation:** 90-106 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> A practitioner shall not prescribe more than a five-day supply of any targeted controlled substance upon the initial consultation and treatment of a patient for acute pain, unless the prescription is for post-operative acute pain relief for use immediately following a surgical procedure. A practitioner shall not prescribe more than a seven-day supply of any targeted controlled substance for post-operative acute pain relief immediately following a surgical procedure.

## Source

- https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-106.html

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