Responsibilities and Requirements of Prescribing Schedule II Opioid Drugs _ ___________________________
by an electronic data transmission prescription in a timely manner, and the delay would adversely impact the patient’s medical condition. (10) The prescription that is issued includes elements not covered by the latest version of the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs’ SCRIPT standard, as amended from time to time. (11) (A) The prescriber registers with the California State Board of Pharmacy in a manner and format deter- mined by the board, stating that they meet one or more of the following criteria: (i) Their practice is located in the area of an emergency or disaster declared by a federal, state, or local government. (ii) They issue 100 or fewer prescriptions per calendar year. (iii) They are unable to issue electronic data transmission prescriptions due to circum- stances beyond their control. (B) The prescriber shall annually submit the registration required in subparagraph (A) to the California State Board of Pharmacy and maintain documentation of the circumstances qualifying them for exemption under subpara- graph (A). (C) The California State Board of Pharmacy shall
(2) If a pharmacy is prohibited from transferring or for- warding electronic data transmission prescriptions, as specified in paragraph (1), to a designated alterna- tive pharmacy, and that prohibition is subsequently removed, then that pharmacy shall implement, within one year from the date the prohibition is removed, the necessary provisions to allow for the transferring or forwarding of an electronic data transmission prescription. (h) If a pharmacy, or its staff, is aware than an attempted transmission of an electronic data transmission prescrip- tion failed, is incomplete, or is otherwise not appropri- ately received, the pharmacy shall immediately notify the prescribing health care practitioner. (i) A pharmacist who receives a written, oral,
or faxed prescription shall not be required to verify that the prescription properly falls under one of the exceptions in subdivision (e). Pharmacists may continue to dispense medications from legally valid written, oral, or fax prescriptions pursuant to this division. (j) A health care practitioner, pharmacist, or pharmacy who fails to meet the appli- cable requirements of this section shall be referred to the appropriate state profes- sional licensing board solely for administra- tive sanctions, as deemed appropriate by that board. This section does not create a private right of action against a health care practitioner. This section does not limit a health care practitioner’s liability for the negligent failure to diagnose or treat a patient.
post a list of prescribers meeting the require- ments of subparagraph (A) on its internet website.
(f) A health care practitioner who issues a prescription for a controlled substance but does not transmit the prescrip- tion as an electronic data transmission prescription shall document the reason in the patient’s medical record as soon as practicable and within 72 hours of the end of the technological or electrical failure that prevented the electronic data transmission of the prescription. (g) (1) A pharmacy that receives an electronic data trans- mission prescription from a prescribing health care practitioner who has issued the prescription but has not dispensed the medication to the patient shall, at the request of the patient or a person authorized to make a request on behalf of the patient, immediately transfer or forward the electronic data transmission prescription to an alternative pharmacy designated by the requester, unless one of the following applies: (A) The action would result in a violation of any state or federal law. (B) The action is not supported by the latest version
(k) This section shall not apply to a health care practitioner, pharmacist, or pharmacy when providing health care ser- vices to an inmate, individual on parole, or youth under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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of the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs SCRIPT standard, as amended from time to time.
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