2017 New Jersey Revised Statutes
TITLE 45 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Section 45:14-57 - Requirements for prescription to be filled.
45:14-57 Requirements for prescription to be filled.
18. a. A prescription issued by a practitioner or health care facility licensed in New Jersey shall not be filled by a pharmacist unless the prescription is issued on a New Jersey Prescription Blank bearing the practitioner's license number or the unique provider number assigned to a health care facility.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section to the contrary, a practitioner or health care facility licensed in New Jersey may utilize an electronic health record program to imprint the practitioner's name and license number or the unique provider number assigned to a health care facility on a blank New Jersey Prescription Blank for transmission to a pharmacist, provided that:
(1) any other requirements under section 20 of P.L.2003, c.280 (C.45:14-59) and any regulations adopted by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety concerning New Jersey Prescription Blanks are met; and
(2) the electronic health record program will imprint on the blank form all such identifying information about the prescriber as is required by regulation of the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs.
L.2003, c.280, s.18; amended 2009, c.297.
