NYSDOH Updates to Electronic Prescribing Exception Practicioner Reporting Requirement
November 14, 2016
There are a number of exceptions to the electronic prescribing mandate which allow a practitioner to issue an Official New York State Prescription (ONYSRx) form, an oral prescription or a facsimile of a manually signed ONYSRx in lieu of an electronic prescription. Use of an exception to the e-prescribing mandate no longer requires a notification to the New York State Department of Health. However, the prescribing practitioner must indicate in the patient's health record when they issue a non-electronic prescription for one of the approved exceptions below:
Temporary technological failure;
Temporary electrical failure;
To be dispensed by a pharmacy located outside the state, outside the country, or on federal property, including and not limited to the following examples; Veterans Administration, West Point, Fort Drum, and Indian Reservations;
The practitioner reasonably determines that it would be impractical for the patient to obtain substances prescribed by electronic prescription in a timely manner, and such delay would adversely impact the patient's medical condition
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Electronic prescribing - NYSDOH: https://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/narcotic/electronic_prescribing/
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