1. (a) Not later than the next business day after the date a controlled substance prescription is dispensed, a pharmacy must electronically submit to the board the following data elements:

   1. (1) the prescribing practitioner's DEA registration number including the prescriber's identifying suffix of the authorizing hospital or other institution's DEA number when applicable;
   2. (2) the official prescription form control number if dispensed from a written official prescription form for a Schedule II controlled substance;
   3. (3) the board's designated placeholder entered into the control number field if the prescription is electronic and meets the requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Part 1311;
   4. (4) the patient's name, date of birth, and address including city, state, and zip code; or such information on the animal's owner if the prescription is for an animal;
   5. (5) the date the prescription was issued and dispensed;
   6. (6) the NDC # of the controlled substance dispensed;
   7. (7) the quantity of controlled substance dispensed;
   8. (8) the pharmacy's prescription number; and
   9. (9) the pharmacy's DEA registration number.
2. (b) A pharmacy must electronically correct dispensing data submitted to the board within seven business days of identifying an omission, error, or inaccuracy in previously submitted dispensing data.
3. (c) If a pharmacy does not dispense any controlled substance prescriptions, the pharmacy must electronically submit to the board a zero report indicating that no controlled substances were dispensed every seven days. If the pharmacy subsequently begins dispensing controlled substances, the pharmacy must begin reporting as specified in subsection (a) of this section.
4. (d) A pharmacy that does not dispense controlled substances may request a waiver of the zero reporting requirements by submitting a waiver request form and providing any information requested on the form. If the pharmacy subsequently begins dispensing controlled substances, the waiver is no longer valid, and the pharmacy must begin reporting as specified in subsection (a) of this section.

Source Note:The provisions of this §315.6 adopted to be effective March 10, 2016, 41 TexReg 1690; amended to be effective December 6, 2018, 43 TexReg 7787; amended to be effective December 9, 2019, 44 TexReg 7548.