Requires all prescriptions be transmitted electronically, subject to certain exceptions.
New Jersey's A1853 bill requires all prescriptions for controlled dangerous substances, prescription legend drugs, and other prescription items to be transmitted electronically using electronic health records systems, with specific exceptions including veterinary prescriptions, direct patient administration, institutional pharmacies, hospice care, system outages, patient requests for paper prescriptions, and practitioners with approved technological waivers. Prescriptions not transmitted electronically must be issued on official New Jersey Prescription Blanks or in other authorized formats. The bill amends multiple sections of New Jersey's prescription drug laws to implement this electronic requirement and will take effect one year after enactment. The Division of Consumer Affairs will establish necessary implementation rules.
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
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Shanique Speight
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