Medical prescription: Difference between revisions

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Prescriptions are sometimes forged because many [[narcotic]]s are cheaper and safer as prescription drugs than as street drugs. Forgery takes many forms: Doctor's prescription pads are sometimes stolen by drug addicts, amounts may be altered on legitimate prescriptions, call back numbers may be falsified and phoned or faxed prescriptions faked[http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/brochures/pharmguide.htm].

Some doctors will use prescription pads that contain similar security measures as checks to make photocopying prescriptions harder. These security measures may be mandated by law - see Exhibit C for sample legal specifications. Legislation may mandate that only certain printers may print prescriptions[http://www.in.gov/hpb/boards/isbp/pad.html]. New Jersey, for example, requires that only state approved printers may be used to print official "New Jersey Prescription Blanks."[http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/njpb.htm] (See Exhibit DE.) Prescribers can make it harder for amount forgeries by writing out the amounts in words. Again, this may be mandated by law[http://www.cpsa.ab.ca/collegeprograms/attachments_tpp/tpp%20information%20for%20prescriber.doc].

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==Exhibit DE: New Jersey requirements re: Prescription Blanks==

45:14-55 Use of New Jersey Prescription Blanks.