N.J. Admin. Code § 10:51-1.17

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 10:51-1.17 - Telephone-rendered original prescriptions

(a) Telephone orders from prescribers for original prescriptions shall be permitted in accordance with all applicable Federal and State laws, rules and regulations.

(b) For purposes of reimbursement, telephone authorization to refill an original prescription with no refill remaining is considered a new order and requires a new written prescription with a new prescription number. Stamping or writing a new number on the original prescription order does not constitute a new prescription under the Medicaid or NJ FamilyCare programs.

(c) When a prescriber chooses not to allow product interchange on a telephone order, the statement "Substitution not permitted by prescriber-telephone Rx" plus the pharmacist's full signature next to or below the statement, shall appear on the prescription order. A rubber stamp bearing the statement is acceptable.

(d) When a prescriber chooses to certify "Brand Medically Necessary" on a telephoned prescription for a product included on the Federal MAC list, a written signed prescription order containing the certification, shall be sent to the pharmacist within seven days of the date of the telephone order. The written prescription shall be retained by the pharmacist as the original prescription. Failure to comply will result in the payment for that prescription being reduced to the MAC reimbursement level.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:51-1.17

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:51-1.16 by R.1998 d.154, effective 2/27/1998 (operative March 1, 1998; to expire August 31, 1998).
See: 30 New Jersey Register 1060(a).
Former N.J.A.C. 10:51-1.17, Changes or additions to the original prescription, recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:51-1.18.
Adopted concurrent proposal, R.1998 d.487, effective 8/28/1998.
See: 30 New Jersey Register 1060(a), 30 New Jersey Register 3519(a).
Readopted the provisions of R.1998 d.154 without change.
Amended by R.1998 d.488, effective 9/21/1998.
See: 30 New Jersey Register 2169(b), 30 New Jersey Register 3538(a).
In (b), inserted a reference to NJ KidCare.
Amended by R.2004 d.26, effective 1/20/2004.
See: 35 New Jersey Register 3788(a), 36 New Jersey Register 558(a).
In (a), inserted "rules" preceding "and regulations"; in (b), substituted "NJ FamilyCare" for "NJ KidCare".