How will a practitioner or pharmacy be able to determine that an application complies with DEA’s rule?
A. The application provider must either hire a qualified third party to audit the application or have the application reviewed and certified by an approved certification body. The auditor or certification body will issue a report that states whether the application complies with DEA’s requirements and whether there are any limitations on its use for controlled substance prescriptions. (A limited set of prescriptions require information that may need revision of the basic prescription standard before they can be reliably accommodated.) The application provider must provide a copy of the report to practitioners or pharmacies to allow them to determine whether the application is compliant. Q. As a practitioner, until I have received an audit/certification report from my application provider indicating that the application meets DEA’s requirements, how can I use my electronic prescription application or EHR application to write controlled substances prescriptions? A. Nothing in this rule p
