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Commission staff are aware of recent challenges with electronic prescriptions due to cyberattacks. While RCW 69.50.312 requires that prescriptions for controlled substances be electronically communicated to a pharmacy, there is an exception to this requirement “when the electronic system used for the communication of prescription information is unavailable due to a temporary technological or electronic failure.” Paper prescriptions must be on tamper resistant prescription pads. In addition, “a pharmacist who receives a written, oral, or faxed prescription is not required to verify that the prescription properly meets any exemptions under this section. Pharmacists may continue to dispense and deliver medications from otherwise valid written, oral, or faxed prescriptions.”
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