Ill. Admin. Code tit. 68, § 1330.760 - Electronic Transmission of Prescriptions
Electronic transmission of prescriptions shall be allowed, provided the following conditions are met:
a) The prescription shall be transmitted
directly, or through an intermediary, from the authorized licensed prescriber
to the pharmacy of the patient's choice. No intermediary shall alter the
prescription information or content of the prescription.
b) The prescriptions shall comply with all
applicable statutes and rules regarding the form, content, record keeping and
processing of a prescription drug.
c) The electronically transmitted
prescription shall include the following:
1)
The transmitting prescriber's facsimile number, if applicable;
2) The time and date of the
transmission;
3) The identity of
the person sending the prescription;
4) The address and contact information of the
person transmitting the prescription.
d) The electronic device in the pharmacy that
receives the electronically transmitted prescription shall be located within
the pharmacy area.
e) The pharmacy
has procedures in place for the cancellation of electronically transmitted
prescriptions including the following:
1) A
pharmacy using the National Council for Prescription Drug Program's SCRIPT
standard for receiving electronic prescriptions must enable, activate, and
maintain the ability to receive transmissions of electronic prescription
cancellations and to transmit cancellation response transactions.
2) As soon as possible after the receipt of a
prescription cancellation notification, no later than two business days after
receipt of the notification, pharmacy staff must either review the cancellation
transaction to ensure that the prescription has been deactivated or ensure that
deactivation occurred automatically.
3) Policies and procedures to ensure that the
discontinued medications are not dispensed to a patient by a
pharmacist.
f) A
facsimile of an electronically transmitted prescription shall be non-fading and
remain legible.
g) The facsimile of
the electronically transmitted prescription shall be stored in the pharmacy as
required by State and federal laws or rules and may serve as the record of the
prescription.
h) The electronically
transmitted prescription shall serve as the record of the prescription so long
as the electronically submitted prescription can be stored and is readily
retrievable so as to comply with federal and State record keeping
requirements.
i) To maintain
confidentiality, adequate security and systems safeguards designed to prevent
and detect unauthorized access, modification or manipulation of electronically
transmitted prescriptions is required.
j) A pharmacy or pharmacist shall not enter
into an agreement with a practitioner or healthcare facility concerning the
provision of any means for the electronic transmission of prescriptions that
would adversely affect a patient's freedom to select the pharmacy or pharmacy
department of the patient's choice.
k) Electronically transmitted prescriptions
for controlled substances may be dispensed only as provided by federal
law.
Notes
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