EPCS Permissions
Who may sign electronic prescriptions for controlled substances. Each is requested, then approved by two different people other than the prescriber, at least one of them a DEA registrant (21 CFR 1311.125).
Where to find it
- Module: EHR
- Group: Diagnostics & Pharmacy
- Section: E-Prescribing
- Screen: EPCS Permissions
Address in the console: /ehr/epcs-permissions
Read-only list · 8 columns · 3 actions
This list is read-only: its records are written by the work that produces them. A correction, where one is possible at all, is made where the record was created.
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Permission | Code | permit_no |
| Prescriber | Text | prescriber_name |
| DEA number | Code | dea_no |
| Signs as | Text | signing_user |
| Schedules | Text | schedules |
| First approval | Text | first_approver |
| Second approval | Text | second_approver |
| Status | Status | status |
What you can do here
Request a permission primary
Request EPCS for a prescriber
Asks for: Prescriber* Schedules Identity proofing
Approve primary
Asks for confirmation: Approve this prescriber to sign controlled-substance prescriptions?
Revoke
Asks for: Reason*
* required
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.