May a practitioner use his/her own digital certificate to sign an electronic controlled substance prescription?
A. Yes, the interim final rule allows any practitioner to use his/her own digital certificate to sign electronic prescriptions for controlled substances. If the practitioner and his/her application provider wish to do so, the two-factor authentication credential can be a digital certificate specific to the practitioner that the practitioner obtains from a Certification Authority that is cross-certified with the Federal Bridge Certification Authority at the basic assurance level.
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