REVISED NC DMA Tamper Resistant Prescription Pads Guidance
September 18th, 2008
In response to a recent clarification from CMS, NC DMA is updating its previous guidance regarding industry-standards features that meet the three tamper resistant characteristic requirements for all written prescriptions for Medicaid recipients as of October 1, 2008. The changes may be summarized as follows:
- Microprinting has been added as an acceptable feature to prevent unauthorized copying of a prescription.
- Features 1a and 1c have been revised by removing the word “entire” so that if the words “Void” or “Illegal” are present, they do not have to be across the entire face of the prescription.
- The word “copy” appearing across the front of the prescription blank when photocopied or scanned has been added as an acceptable feature to prevent unauthorized copying of a prescription.
Please click here to view the entire memo:
http://www.ncdhhs.gov/dma/TamperResistantPrescriptionPads.pdf
Please click here to access the September 2008 DMA Bulletin with information concerning these changes.
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