What is a pharmacy’s responsibility if the pharmacy’s application cannot accommodate special DEA requirements, such as extension data for institutional-based practitioners?
A. The audit report the pharmacy will receive from the pharmacy application provider will indicate if the application is capable of importing, displaying, and storing such information accurately and consistently. If the audit or certification report indicates that the pharmacy application cannot accurately and consistently import, store, and display this information, the pharmacy must not process electronic prescriptions for controlled substances that require such information. For example, until the audit or certification report indicates that the pharmacy application can import, display, and store both a hospital DEA number and the individual practitioner’s extension number, the pharmacy must not accept electronic prescriptions that include only a hospital DEA registration. The pharmacy may, however, use the application to process other controlled substance prescriptions if the audit or certification report has found that the pharmacy application meets all other requirements.
