So from my understanding, most prescriptions are handled over the phone/fax, and regulated drugs require some kind of verifiable signature that a fax does not comply with. I believe mail works fine though, as none of this makes sense.
There is an e-signing program that I think lets the pharmacy watch the signature being made or something that is now fixing this issue, but I hear it is both expensive and rather difficult to use.
Look for a pharmacy that offers delivery, they can make the trip to your doctors office for you as again these regulations are ridiculous.
Physical signatures are nearly worthless a digital signature ensures that the prescription is valid unless the doctors computer or the pharmacies is compromised.
This would presumably be no worse than keeping people from forging paper prescriptions.
It would logically be based on a public private key pair like gpg.
I was a bit mistaken, the law requires a full written prescription, not just signature, and it can't be a copy. The system in place allows for electronically writing prescriptions so they will still comply with the written requirement.
There are more security requirements like what you describe, but much of this is about making a new standard comply with laws from the 70's.
There is an e-signing program that I think lets the pharmacy watch the signature being made or something that is now fixing this issue, but I hear it is both expensive and rather difficult to use.
Look for a pharmacy that offers delivery, they can make the trip to your doctors office for you as again these regulations are ridiculous.