Requirements for storage and retrieval of prescription information

Electronic data processing equipment or media, when used to store or process prescription information, shall meet the following requirements: 1. Must guarantee the confidentiality of the information contained in the database. Must require that the transmission of electronic prescriptions from prescriber to pharmacist not be compromised by interventions, control, or manipulation of said prescriptions by any other party. 2. An electronic system must provide online retrieval via computer screen or hard-copy printout of original prescription order information for those prescription orders which are currently authorized for refilling. If more refills are authorized, it must be noted on the computer screen or on the hard copy of the prescription or a new prescription must be produced. 3. Must be able to produce a hard-copy daily summary of controlled substance transactions. Monthly summaries must be produced and filed with the biennial inventory or electronic system must allow tracking of adjustments and changes made to controlled substance transactions. 4. Be capable of recording and carrying in the record all dates of refills of any prescription and the initials of the pharmacist. 5. Be capable of producing a patient profile indicating all drugs being taken and the date of refills of these prescriptions, as required by North Dakota Century Code section 43-15-31.1. 6. Be capable of reconstructing information, by daily backups in the event of a computer malfunction or accident resulting in destruction of the database.