Connecticut General Statutes 20-633i – Issuance of prescriptions for epinephrine auto injectors by pharmacists
(a) For purposes of this section, “epinephrine auto injector” means a prefilled auto injector or similar automatic injectable equipment used to deliver epinephrine in a standard dose for emergency first aid response to allergic reactions.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 20-633i
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Pharmacist: means an individual who is licensed to practice pharmacy under the provisions of section 20-590, 20-591, 20-592 or 20-593, and who is thereby recognized as a health care provider by the state of Connecticut. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
- Pharmacy: means a place of business where drugs and devices may be sold at retail and for which a pharmacy license has been issued to an applicant under the provisions of section 20-594. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
- Prescription: means a lawful order of a prescribing practitioner transmitted either orally, in writing or by electronic means for a drug or device for a specific patient. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
(b) A pharmacist, in his or her professional discretion, may issue a prescription for not more than two epinephrine auto injectors under the following conditions:
(1) The pharmacist identifies that the patient requesting such prescription has received an epinephrine auto injector by prescription from another pharmacy within the previous two years;
(2) The pharmacist identifies the patient’s practitioner specified by the patient as his or her primary care provider at the time the request is made;
(3) The pharmacist informs the patient’s primary care provider of the issuance of the prescription not later than seventy-two hours after such issuance, by either phone, facsimile or electronic transmission; and
(4) The prescription issued by the pharmacist does not have any refills and is not filled more than once per year.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prevent a pharmacist from verifying a previous prescription at any pharmacy in any part of the United States, including any state, district, commonwealth, territory or insular possession thereof, or any area subject to the legal authority of the United States of America.