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The NCPDP Ballot period opens on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 and closes Monday, July 19, 2010. Should you wish to submit an Official Public Comment, the Council must receive your Official Public Comment no later than 5:00 p.m. PDT/ 6:00 p.m. MDT/ 7:00 p.m. CDT/ 8:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, July 19, 2010. All explanatory comments submitted on “Object with Reason” and “Accept with Comments” will be reviewed at the next scheduled Joint Technical Work Group meeting, which will be held August 4-6, 2010 in Baltimore, MD.

New Ballot WG010043
WG1 Telecommunication - Data Maintenance Packet, Ballot WG010043, for enhancements to the Telecommunication Standard Implementation Guide

• Provides the country code of the patient for Controlled Substance Reporting use

New Ballot WG110043
WG11 ePrescribing & Related Transactions - Data Maintenance Packet, Ballot WG110043, for enhancements to the Prescription Transfer Standard Implementation Guide

• Provides clarification for field definitions and usage for the Fixed Length File layout.
• Modifies the order of fields in sections of the Fixed Length File Prescription Record layout.
• Sunsetted a few fields in the Fixed Length File Prescription Record.