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(1) high-security watermarks on the reverse side of blank prescriptions;

(2) thermochromic ink that changes color or disappears when warmed;

(3) security patterns;

(4) “void”, “copy”, or “illegal” pantographs, with or without a reverse prescription;

(5) microprinting with a font size of 0.5 point or less;

(6) prismatic printing; and

(7) lenticular patterns. (e) Industry-recognized features designed to prevent erasure or modification of information written on the prescription by the prescriber include tamper-resistant background ink that shows erasures or attempts to change written information in accordance with any of the following techniques:

(1) toner anchorage used to complicate the removal of toner;

(2) chemical stains used to reveal chemical eradication attempts against ink or toner;

(3) laid lines used to reveal cut-paste attempts on an item;

(4) chemical reactive inks used to reveal washing attacks;

(5) overcoatings, laminates, and varnishes used to secure written content on the item;

(6) erasable ink backgrounds used to reveal attempts at ink and toner removal;

(7) borders and fill characters used to complicate attempts to add-on extra information;

(8) on-item encodation techniques, bar codes, and patterns used to validate item content;

(9) quantity check-off boxes. (f) Industry-recognized features designed to prevent the use of counterfeit prescription forms include

(1) serially numbered blanks;

(2) duplicate or triplicate blanks;

(3) thermochromic ink that changes color or disappears when warmed;

(4) color-shifting ink that changes color when viewed from different angles; and

(5) security features and descriptions listed on the prescription. (g) The department will pay a provider for filling a prescription that does not comply with (a) — (f) of this section if the pharmacy verifies the authenticity of the prescription by