Medication Elements (R.305, R.306, R.307, S.208, R.308)
Overview
This section holds the application certification requirements located in the Medication ElementsMedication Elements section in the guide.
R.305
R.305: The drug name shall be an item that is currently available for dispensing. If there are active NDCs available, an inactive/obsolete NDC shall not be used. Customers are expected to work with their drug compendia vendor to satisfy this requirement.
R.306
R.306: If the drug description for single medications as well as compounds exceeds the length of the DrugDescription field, the prescription shall not be sent electronically.
R.307
R.307: When entering a prescription that has a free text DrugDescription and the prescription contains a controlled substance, EPCS requirements shall be followed.
S.208
S.208: Codified values within a message shall not conflict with the related textual concept.
R.308
R.308: When sending a compound with one or more controlled substance ingredients, the message shall contain one of the following:
- either the CompoundIngredient/DEASchedule for each controlled substance in the CompoundIngredient element
- or the DEA schedule of the most restrictive ingredient in the DrugCoded/DEASchedule or NonDrugCoded/DEASchedule element.