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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 10. (a) If a prescription is filled under the Medicaid program (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), the children's health insurance program established under IC 12-17.6-2, or the Medicare program (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), the pharmacist shall substitute a generically equivalent drug product and inform the customer of the substitution if the substitution would result in a lower price unless:
(1) the words “Brand Medically Necessary” or words of similar meaning are:
(A) written in the practitioner's own writing on the form; or
(B) electronically transmitted with an electronically transmitted prescription; or
(2) the practitioner has indicated that the pharmacist may not substitute a generically equivalent drug product by:
(A) orally stating that a substitution is not permitted; or
(B) for an electronically transmitted prescription, indicating with the electronic prescription that a substitution is not permitted.
(b) If a practitioner orally states that a generically equivalent drug product may not be substituted, the practitioner must subsequently forward to the pharmacist a written or electronically transmitted prescription with the “Brand Medically Necessary” instruction appropriately indicated in the physician's own handwriting.
(c) This section does not authorize any substitution other than substitution of a generically equivalent drug product.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 16. Health § 16-42-22-10 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-16-health/in-code-sect-16-42-22-10/
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