SCRIPT is a standard promulgated by the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs for the electronically transmitted medical prescriptions

Electronic prescribing

Electronic prescribing or e-prescribing is the ability to send error-free, accurate, and understandable prescriptions electronically from the healthcare provider to the pharmacy. E-prescribing is meant to reduce the risks associated with traditional prescription script writing. It is also one of...

 in the United States.

Adoption

The first version of SCRIPT was approved in 1997. Version 8.1 was proposed as a federal rule

Rulemaking

In administrative law, rulemaking refers to the process that executive and independent agencies use to create, or promulgate, regulations. In general, legislatures first set broad policy mandates by passing statutes, then agencies create more detailed regulations through rulemaking.By bringing...

 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration , is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer...

 ("CMS") in November, 2007, and adopted in 2008, thereby mandating its use for medical providers that used electronic subscriptions, in order to obtain federal insurance reimbursement. A new "backwards-compatible"version, 10.1, was adopted by the Surescripts pharmacy consortium in late 2009, to help its members participate in the electronic medical record

Electronic medical record

An electronic medical record is a computerized medical record created in an organization that delivers care, such as a hospital or physician's office...

 incentive programs under the HITECH Act. It was proposed by CMS as a rule in June, 2010.