Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 480 - RULES OF GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
Chapter 480-27 - REQUIREMENTS OF A PRESCRIPTION DRUG ORDER WHEN UTILIZING A COMPUTER OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS
Rule 480-27-.02 - Prescription Drug Order Requirements
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through March 20, 2024
(1) Prescription drug orders shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(2) Electronically transmitted prescription drug orders shall contain all information required for written prescriptions above and required by state and federal law including the prescriber's name, address, and phone number, except the signature may be an electronic signature as provided below and the electronically transmitted prescription must include the time and date of transmission.
(3) The pharmacist shall exercise professional judgment regarding the accuracy and authenticity of prescriptions consistent with federal and state statutes and regulations. In the absence of unusual circumstances requiring further inquiry, the pharmacy and each of its associated pharmacists are entitled to rely on the accuracy and authenticity of electronically transmitted prescriptions from an intervening electronic for matter that comply with this rule.
(4) An electronic visual image prescription drug order that bears an electronic reproduction of the visual image of the practitioner's signature and is given directly to the patient must be printed on security paper with the wording that indicates the signature was electronically generated.
(5) Pharmacies are prohibited from receiving electronic data from intervening electronic for matters that do not meet all of the following requirements:
O.C.G.A. §§ 16-13-41, 16-13-73, 16-13-74, 26-4-5, 26-4-27, 26-4-28, 26-4-37, 26-4-80, 26-4-80.1, 26-4-83, 42 C.F.R. Part 423 .