657—21.15 (124,155A) Facsimile transmission of Schedule II controlled substances—long-term care facility patients. A prescription for any Schedule II controlled substance for a resident of a long-term care facility may be transmitted by the practitioner or the practitioner’s agent to the dispensing pharmacy via facsimile. If the prescription is transmitted by the practitioner’s agent, the transmission shall include the name and title of the individual who transmitted the prescription. The means of transmission shall ensure that prescription information is not obscured or rendered illegible due to security features of the paper utilized by the prescriber to prepare a written prescription.
	 21.15(1) Original prescription. The facsimile serves as the original written prescription.
	 21.15(2) Information required. The patient’s address on the prescription shall indicate that the address location is a long-term care facility.
[ARC 7636B, IAB 3/11/09, effective 4/15/09]