Its aim is to stem the flow of legal drugs into illicit markets. PURPOSEĪll prescriptions written in New York must now be transmitted electronically from the prescriber to the pharmacy, as part of the state’s I-STOP initiative (Internet System for Tracking Over Prescribing. In those case, prescriptions can be handwritten but only on an official New York State prescription form. There are some exceptions, such as during disasters or in the event of technological or electrical failures.
As of March 27, prescriptions will no longer be handwritten or called in to the pharmacy.
