How do you interpret this law....?

[PANCFLRPH]

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3. Transfers
a. Refills may be transferred to another pharmacy on a
one-time basis.
b. If pharmacies share an electronic, real-time, online
database of prescriptions, they may transfer up to the
maximum number of refills permitted by law and the
prescriber's authorization.

This is from a Florida Law review which I am currently going over. In my practice I have always believed CIII-CV are able to be transferred to another pharmacy - ONCE. That is to say, if an RX for diazepam has 4 refills remaining in my database for John and he asks me to transfer to a competitor, I have transferred all 4 remaining fills to that store. If he wants to get his next subsequent refill transferred back to me after filling there once I have always informed him that I can only transfer the RX ONE TIME and that is cannot be transferred back. When I read the above law analysis now, I see wiggle room where it could be interpreted differently. Can 3a. above be interpreted to mean that only ONE of the remaining 4 fills may be transferred and that I am required to keep the final 3 for fill at my store? Do any of you do this? Or do you transfer all 4 as I stated initially? 3b. to me, applies to situations like large chains who share central database. I take this to mean that I can send all 4 remaining fills to StoreB in my chain and then just take back the remaining 2 fills if John wants to come back later. I am interested in hearing how you all interpret this federal law. Specifically in Florida and North Carolina.

Thanks for your attention...

 

[ForcedEntry]

a. Transfer between competitors = 1 time, all refills, cannot be transferred again
b. transfer within a chain = unlimited for the life of the script

 

[wezvidz]

a. Transfer between competitors = 1 time, all refills, cannot be transferred again
b. transfer within a chain = unlimited for the life of the script

^nailed it. Which is why I hate that RxConnect @ CVS only lets us transfer between stores once then it must stay at the receiving store. CVS shares a 'real time online database' so they should be able to pick up all 5 refills at 5 different CVS stores but our system simply doesn't allow it.

 

[owlegrad]

^nailed it. Which is why I hate that RxConnect @ CVS only lets us transfer between stores once then it must stay at the receiving store. CVS shares a 'real time online database' so they should be able to pick up all 5 refills at 5 different CVS stores but our system simply doesn't allow it.

Really?! I don't remember that at all. I am not trying to argue with you, I just never remember not being able to transfer in a prescription from another CVS.

 

[Ackj]

^nailed it. Which is why I hate that RxConnect @ CVS only lets us transfer between stores once then it must stay at the receiving store. CVS shares a 'real time online database' so they should be able to pick up all 5 refills at 5 different CVS stores but our system simply doesn't allow it.

Might have to do with individual state laws. Even if your state allows it, others might not?

 

[wezvidz]

Really?! I don't remember that at all. I am not trying to argue with you, I just never remember not being able to transfer in a prescription from another CVS.

I could definitely be wrong, but I swear this happened like 6 months ago. Now I'm not sure lol.

 

[Sparda29]

^nailed it. Which is why I hate that RxConnect @ CVS only lets us transfer between stores once then it must stay at the receiving store. CVS shares a 'real time online database' so they should be able to pick up all 5 refills at 5 different CVS stores but our system simply doesn't allow it.

Probably because of how some states are. For example, in New York only one refill may be transferred. So when someone calls and asks for a transfer, I tell them only one fill is being transferred, and the remaining refills stay at the original store.

 

[owlegrad]

Probably because of how some states are. For example, in New York only one refill may be transferred. So when someone calls and asks for a transfer, I tell them only one fill is being transferred, and the remaining refills stay at the original store.

We get lots of snow birds, I have never had a problem transferring anyone's prescription to our store from another CVS. The only exception is when they were not on RxConnect I would have to call (I am told everyone is on RxConnect now, don't know if it true or not). No one ever - ever - tried to tell me that they were only transferring one fill to me and keeping the rest.

 

[J ROD]

a. Transfer between competitors = 1 time, all refills, cannot be transferred again
b. transfer within a chain = unlimited for the life of the script

this.....