NYS pharmacy law regarding pen needles

[LeoBloom]

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Hi,

Just wanted some clarification on this. Prescriptions on pen needles can, in fact, be called in, correct? Can the verbal order have refills and does a hard copy need to be mailed to the pharmacy? I can't find the law that deals with this specifically. Thank you.

 

[RedApples]

I switched to hospital practice about 6 months ago after working retail in NY for about 1.5 years and unless something has changed in that time span, I was taught that pen needles are to be treated the same as syringes (i.e. - can't be e-scribed, called, or faxed in, but can have refills on a written order). However, to fight with such a dumb issue every day gets pretty annoying as most doctor's offices don't know/care about that particular law. I used to just ask for a hard copy to be mailed to me if I received a verbal, fax or call in for pen needles; I wouldn't flat out not accept it. I felt like by asking for a hard copy I had done my due diligence to try to comply with the law without annoying the **** out of myself and my customers on the daily. Just my opinion though. Only info I was able to find was from a presentation someone apparently gave in 2006 . .

http://noviasky.com/files/The_Law.pdf