(1) A physician who issues a standing prescription drug order in accordance with Subsection 58-17b-1005(1) is not liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from the dispensing of an epinephrine auto-injector under this part.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 58-17b-1007

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Drug: means :
              (26)(a)(i) a substance recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them, intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals;
              (26)(a)(ii) a substance that is required by any applicable federal or state law or rule to be dispensed by prescription only or is restricted to administration by practitioners only;
              (26)(a)(iii) a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals; and
              (26)(a)(iv) substances intended for use as a component of any substance specified in Subsections (26)(a)(i) through (iv). See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • Epinephrine auto-injector: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-401. See Utah Code 58-17b-1002
  • Physician: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-67-102. See Utah Code 58-17b-1002
  • Prescription: means an order issued:
         (63)(a) by a licensed practitioner in the course of that practitioner's professional practice or by collaborative pharmacy practice agreement; and
         (63)(b) for a controlled substance or other prescription drug or device for use by a patient or an animal. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • Prescription drug: means a drug that is required by federal or state law or rule to be dispensed only by prescription or is restricted to administration only by practitioners. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • Stock albuterol: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-4-401. See Utah Code 58-17b-1002
(2) A physician who issues a standing prescription drug order in accordance with Subsection 58-17b-1005(2) is not liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from the dispensing of stock albuterol under this part.