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9. Can a pharmacist dispense a faxed official prescription for a controlled substance? A. Yes. Under the same parameters as dispensing an oral prescription. Except for in the case of a schedule IV non-benzodiazepine substance, the quantity on a faxed prescription is limited to a 5-day supply and the practitioner must send the original official prescription to the pharmacy within 72 hours. A. Yes. A pharmacist may dispense a faxed official prescription for up to a 30-day supply of a controlled substance for patients in hospice programs, Residential Health Care Facilities, and for those prescriptions to be compounded for direct administration by infusion. 11. Is the prescribing practitioner who faxes a controlled substance prescription for a hospice or RHCF patient or for a prescription to be compounded by infusion required to provide the pharmacist with a written follow-up prescription? A. Yes. The practitioner must send the pharmacist the original official NYS prescription within 72 hours. 12. What if the pharmacist does not receive such original official NYS prescription within 72 hours? The pharmacist is required to notify the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement in writing within 7 days of dispensing the controlled substance. 13. Is a pharmacy required to verify the identity of a person picking up a dispensed prescription for a controlled substance? A. Yes. If the person is unknown to the pharmacy, he or she must present appropriate identification. 14. What controlled substances can a licensed Nurse Practitioner prescribe? A. If a licensed Nurse Practitioner is registered with DEA, he or she may prescribe schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substances. 15. What controlled substances can a licensed Physician's Assistant prescribe? A. A licensed Physician's Assistant may prescribe schedules III, IV, and V controlled substances, if authorized by his or her supervising physician to do so and registered with DEA. It is important to note that Physician's Assistants may not prescribe schedule II controlled substances. 16. Is an official prescription written by a Physician's Assistant required to be countersigned by the supervising physician? A. No, however, official prescriptions written by a Physician's Assistant must contain the imprinted (stamped or typed) name of both the Physician's Assistant and the Supervising Physician. |
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17. Can a practitioner still use a rubber stamp with their DEA# when prescribing on the Official New York State prescription form? A. Yes. 18. Does a practitioner dispensing a controlled substance have to submit information to the BNE? A. Yes, starting 4/19/06, dispensing information from all dispensed controlled substances must be submitted electronically through their Health Provider Network (HPN) Account. 19. Does an official prescription form need to be issued when a practitioner dispenses a controlled substance from his/her office? A. No. 20. Does a practitioner have to possess a DEA registration in order to receive official prescriptions? A. No. However, practitioners that do not posses a DEA registration number are prohibited from issuing prescriptions for controlled substances. 21. Are practitioners without a DEA registration allowed to use the facility's DEA number when issuing controlled substance prescriptions for patients of such facility? A. No. Practitioners who are eligible for a DEA registration must possess their own DEA registration number to issue controlled substance prescriptions. The only practitioners who, upon authorization from the facility, may use the facility's DEA number to issue controlled substance prescriptions for patients of such facility are residents, interns and foreign physicians. Residents, interns and foreign physicians are not eligible for their own DEA registration number. 22. Pharmacist asks: Do I have to pull the original prescription and sign it every time I refill a controlled substance? A. Yes. Each time a controlled substance is dispensed, the dispensing pharmacist must sign the actual prescription form, date it, and indicate the quantity dispensed. 23. Pharmacist asks: My computer system generates a sticker when I refill a controlled substance prescription. Will the regulations be satisfied if I place this sticker on the back of the controlled substance prescription? A. No. All controlled substance prescriptions require the signature of the dispensing pharmacist as well as the date of dispensing and the quantity dispensed. A computer-generated sticker may be used for the date of dispensing and quantity dispensed, but not the signature of the dispensing pharmacist. |
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