A physician who is licensed to prescribe a self-administered hormonal contraceptive, including a physician acting in the physician’s capacity as an employee of the department, or a medical director of a local health department, may issue a standing prescription drug order authorizing the dispensing of the self-administered hormonal contraceptive under Section 26B-4-504 in accordance with a protocol that:

(1) requires the physician to specify the persons, by professional license number, authorized to dispense the self-administered hormonal contraceptive;

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Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-4-505

  • Dispense: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-17b-102. See Utah Code 26B-4-501
  • Local health department: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102. See Utah Code 26B-1-102
  • Person: means :
         (24)(a) an individual;
         (24)(b) an association;
         (24)(c) an institution;
         (24)(d) a corporation;
         (24)(e) a company;
         (24)(f) a trust;
         (24)(g) a limited liability company;
         (24)(h) a partnership;
         (24)(i) a political subdivision;
         (24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and
         (24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Physician: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-67-102. See Utah Code 26B-4-501
  • Prescribe: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-17b-102. See Utah Code 26B-4-501
  • Self-administered hormonal contraceptive: includes an oral hormonal contraceptive, a hormonal vaginal ring, and a hormonal contraceptive patch. See Utah Code 26B-4-501
(2) requires the physician to review at least annually the dispensing practices of those authorized by the physician to dispense the self-administered hormonal contraceptive;
(3) requires those authorized by the physician to dispense the self-administered hormonal contraceptive to make and retain a record of each person to whom the self-administered hormonal contraceptive is dispensed, including:

     (3)(a) the name of the person;
     (3)(b) the drug dispensed; and
     (3)(c) other relevant information; and
(4) is approved by the department by administrative rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.