May a practitioner use his own digital certificate to sign an electronic controlled substance prescription?
A. Yes, the interim final rule allows any practitioner to use his own digital certificate to sign electronic prescriptions for controlled substances. If the practitioner and his 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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