Can prescriptions only be picked up by the patient?
The regulation states “A covered entity may use professional judgment and its experience with common practice to make responsible inferences of the individual’s best interest in allowing a person to act on behalf of the individual to pick up filled prescriptions, medical supplies, X-rays or other similar forms of protected health information.
Related Questions
- I am a family doctor and would like to access a new patient’s history of prescriptions filled for monitored drugs. How do I obtain a profile?
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