Medication Elements (R.305, R.306, R.307, S.208, R.308)

overview this section holds the application certification requirements located in the medication elements docid\ l36hvzte0gnr6xpbkt 6n 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