On 3/27/16, Public Health Law and the Education Law required mandatory electronic prescribing in NYS. The NYSDOH Commissioner released a memo that provides a blanket waiver for non-patient-specific prescriptions such as school-ordered epinephrine.

For additional information or questions, please visit the NYSDOH website links below: 

• NYSDOH Waiver Memo
• NYSDOH Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances
• NYSDOH E-Prescribing FAQs
• NYSED Advisory Notice on Electronic Prescribing

Page Updated 8/2/22