Iowa Administrative Rules (Last Updated: December 07, 2016) |
Department 641. Public Health Department |
Division 657. Pharmacy Board |
Chapter 21. ELECTRONIC DATA IN PHARMACY PRACTICE |
Section 657.21.14. Facsimile transmission of a prescription for Schedule II narcotic substances—parenteral.
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A prescription for a nonoral dosage unit of a Schedule II narcotic substance to be compounded for the direct administration to a patient by parenteral, intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, or intraspinal infusion may be transmitted by a practitioner or the practitioner’s agent to the pharmacy via facsimile. If the prescription is transmitted by the practitioner’s agent, the transmission shall include the first and last names and title of the individual who transmitted the prescription. The means of transmission shall ensure that prescription information is not obscured or rendered illegible due to security features of the paper utilized by the prescriber to prepare a written prescription. The facsimile serves as the original written prescription.
[ARC 7636B, IAB 3/11/09, effective 4/15/09; ARC 9912B, IAB 12/14/11, effective 1/18/12]