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Utah Code Title 58. Occupations and Professions § 58-17b-610.6. Hospital pharmacy dispensing prescription drugs

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

(1) As used in this section, “controlled substance” means a substance classified as a controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act, Title II, Pub. L. No. 91-513 et seq., or Section 58-37-4.

(2)(a) Subject to Subsection (2)(b), the division shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, in consultation with hospital pharmacies, to establish guidelines under which a hospital pharmacy may dispense a limited supply of a prescription drug to an individual who is no longer a patient in the hospital setting if:

(i) the individual is discharged from the hospital on the same day that the hospital pharmacy dispenses the prescription drug to the individual;

(ii) in the professional judgment of the practitioner, dispensing the drug is necessary for the patient's immediate needs;

(iii) the class A pharmacy with which the patient has an established pharmacy-patient relationship:

(A) is not open at the time of the patient's discharge; or

(B) unable to dispense the medication for any reason;

(iv) the hospital pharmacy dispenses a quantity of the prescription drug that is not more than a 72-hour supply; and

(v) dispensing the prescription drug complies with protocols established by the hospital pharmacy.

(b)(i) A hospital pharmacy may dispense an opioid antagonist to a patient without satisfying Subsection (2)(a)(iii).

(ii) A hospital pharmacy that dispenses an opioid antagonist to a patient under Subsection (2)(b)(i) shall accept as payment the wholesale acquisition cost at the time of dispensing.

(3) A hospital pharmacy, or a practitioner or pharmacist in the hospital, may dispense a prescription drug in accordance with rules made under Subsection (2).

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