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Utah Code Title 58. Occupations and Professions § 58-17b-608.2. Insulin prescriptions and diabetes supplies

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) As used in this section, “exhausted prescription” means a prescription for an insulin that the patient is currently using that:

(a) expired no earlier than six months before the patient requests the pharmacist for a refill; or

(b) is not expired and has no refills remaining.

(2) If a valid prescription for insulin includes an authorization for one or more refills, a pharmacist may combine refills to dispense a supply for 100 days but may not exceed the total supply authorized by the refills.

(3) Notwithstanding Section 58-17b-608 and Subsection (2), a pharmacist may, on an emergency basis, dispense a refill for an exhausted prescription based on the prescribing practitioner's instructions for the exhausted prescription in an amount up to a supply for 60 days.

(4) A pharmacist may dispense insulin for an exhausted prescription described in Subsection (3) no more than one time per exhausted prescription.

(5) Before a pharmacist may dispense insulin under Subsection (3), the pharmacist shall:

(a) attempt to contact the prescribing practitioner to inform the prescribing practitioner that the patient's prescription has expired; and

(b) notify the patient of the outcome of the attempt described in Subsection (5)(a).

(6) Within 30 days after the day on which a pharmacist dispenses insulin under Subsection (3), the pharmacist shall inform the prescribing practitioner of:

(a) the amount of insulin dispensed; and

(b) the type of insulin dispensed.

(7) A pharmacist may dispense a therapeutic equivalent when filling a prescription for:

(a) a glucometer;

(b) diabetes test strips;

(c) lancets;

(d) syringes;

(e) needles; or

(f) other supplies for treating diabetes designated by rule made by the division in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.

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