; or (ii) a hospital-based emergency medical services agency that is covered by the registration of the hospital under subsection (f). (L) The term specific State authority means a governmental agency or other such authority, including a regional oversight and coordinating body, that, pursuant to State law or regulation, develops clinical protocols regarding the delivery of emergency medical services in the geographic jurisdiction of such agency or authority within the State that may be adopted by medical directors. (M) The term standing order means a written medical protocol in which a medical director determines in advance the medical criteria that must be met before administering controlled substances to individuals in need of emergency medical services. (N) The term verbal order means an oral directive that is given through any method of communication including by radio or telephone, directly to an emergency medical services professional, to contemporaneously administer a controlled substance to individuals in need of emergency medical services outside the physical presence of the medical director or authorizing medical professional. . 3. Delivery of a controlled substance by a pharmacy to an administering practitioner (a) In general The Controlled Substance Act is amended by inserting after section 309 ( 21 U.S.C. 829 ) the following: 309A. Delivery of a controlled substance by a pharmacy to an administering practitioner Notwithstanding section 102(10), a pharmacy may deliver a controlled substance to a practitioner in accordance with a prescription that meets the requirements of this Act and the regulations issued by the Attorney General under this Act, for the purpose of administering of the controlled substance by the practitioner if— (1) the controlled substance is delivered by the pharmacy to the prescribing practitioner or the practitioner administering the controlled substance, as applicable, at the location listed on the practitioner’s certificate of registration issued under this Act