Ken,
It's madness. Tamper-proof should be tamper-proof. I had the same issue for a bit with AC. My suggestion on that would be in my private PM to you as I don't want to write it here.
We do not have to write out the month, but we do have to write out the text for the amount. Which we would have to do if were writing it out anyway. One problem we had on scripts that we had to write over and over and wanted to be the same would be scripts like:
180 One-hundred eighty. Worked fine until the next time, when it came out 180 One-hundred e. So on scripts where the text was long we started writing the text on the first line or the sig line. This was only for repeat ones. That's the advantage of AC and printing. You don't screw up when writing it. But, this was a great workaround. But, it wouldn't fix your month problems, which I find stupid.
You may wish to invite your state DEA person. Ours is very receptive. Maybe you could sit down and show him/her the issue, and they could make an exception.
Now on to my PM....
