Exceptions to Electronic Prescribing
The following circumstances allow a practitioner to issue an Official New York State Prescription or oral prescription, for controlled or non-controlled substances.
NOTE: The practitioner is not required to indicate the circumstance on the written or oral prescription. The pharmacist is not required to verify the reason for a written or oral prescription.
- Approved waiver from electronic prescribing
- Nursing home or residential health care facility defined in Article 2801 of the Public Health Law
- Veterinarian
- Temporary technical failure
- Temporary electronic failure
- The prescription will be dispensed out-of-state, including federal installations such as Veteran Administration Facilities, Fort Drum & West Point
- Patient harm If the practitioner determines that an electronic prescription cannot be issued in a timely manner and that the patient’s condition is at risk
