On 3/27/16, Public Health Law and the Education Law required mandatory electronic prescribing in NYS. The NYSDOH Commissioner released a memo which provides a blanket waiver for 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