"... completely within the law"? I think it's debatable whether sending the doctor or OP a one-page record from a walk-in clinic with a doctor that was seen only once constitutes a "legitimate doctor-patient relationship" with the new doctor from the OP. This is an area where the law is evolving to meet the changes of technology. It's impossible to tell how this will play out. I know for a fact that Dr. David Bryson often spent 45 minutes on the phone with new patients and he would remember the details of their case when they had subsequent consultations and offer advice about non-drug treatment methods. Well, he made a lot of money and they went after him big-time. He was good at what he did and many of his patients were afraid to ask him for generic Norco because they didn't want to sound like a drug seeker. To me, it seemed clear that he did have legitimate doctor patient relationships because those long talks he had with his patients means a lot more than depending on a page or two of faxed records that could be easily faked or belong to someone else ... or be based strictly on the statements the patient made in one visit to a walk-in clinic. Sorry to burst all the bubbles, but read between the lines and decide if i'm right. I've heard of a place where the doctor never talks to the patient. A Physician's Assistant calls and asks what drug(s) you want. The more drugs they sell, the more money they make. Maybe they ask if you have any drug allergies. Most of these calls take less than five minutes.

So what if the OP has some records in the file? Most of the time they don't even check that the records are legit. And even if they are, so what? You can go to a clinic and tell a doctor you've never seen before that you have back pain and he'll tell you to take some OTC ibuprofen and will write it down. You then get a paper copy and that's all you need to get a Norco prescription. 100% legal?

Trampy