Sec. 8. A prescriber may issue a prescription for a controlled substance in a written format, a faxed format, or an oral order if any of the following apply:

(1) The prescriber cannot transmit an electronically transmitted prescription due to temporary technological or electrical failure.

(2) The prescriber issues a prescription to be dispensed by a pharmacy located outside Indiana.

(3) The prescriber and the pharmacist are the same entity.

(4) The prescriber issues a prescription that meets any of the following:

(A) The prescription contains elements that are not supported by the technical standards developed by the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs for electronically transmitted prescriptions (NCPDP SCRIPT).

(B) The federal Food and Drug Administration requires the prescription to contain certain elements that cannot be supported in an electronically transmitted prescription.

(C) The prescription is a non-patient specific prescription in response to a public health emergency or another instance allowable under state law and that requires a non-patient specific prescription under:

(i) a standing order;

(ii) approved protocol for drug therapy;

(iii) collaborative drug management; or

(iv) comprehensive medication management.

(D) The prescription is issued under a research protocol.

(5) The prescriber has received a waiver or a renewal of a previously received waiver from the board in accordance with rules adopted under section 9 of this chapter.

(6) The board, in accordance with rules adopted under section 9 of this chapter, has determined that issuing an electronically transmitted prescription would be impractical and cause delay, adversely impacting the patient's medical condition.

As added by P.L.28-2019, SEC.9.