part_subject: "REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRONIC ORDERS AND PRESCRIPTIONS"
subpart_code: "C"
subpart_subject: "Electronic Prescriptions"
section_number: "1311.135"
section_subject: "Requirements for creating a controlled substance prescription."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 1311.135"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Part 1300 to End"
revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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(a)The electronic prescription application may allow the registrant or his agent to enter data for a controlled substance prescription, provided that only the registrant may sign the prescription in accordance with §§ 1311.120(b)(11) and 1311.140.
(b)If a practitioner holds multiple DEA registrations, the practitioner or his agent must select the appropriate registration number for the prescription being issued in accordance with the requirements of § 1301.12 of this chapter.
(c)If required by State law, a supervisor's name and DEA number may be listed on a prescription, provided the prescription clearly indicates who is the supervisor and who is the prescribing practitioner.