Utah Code 58-17b-602.1. Dispensing quantity or dosage form different from prescription
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(1) Without specific authorization from a prescriber, a pharmacist or pharmacy intern may dispense:
Terms Used In Utah Code 58-17b-602.1
- Dispense: means the interpretation, evaluation, and implementation of a prescription drug order or device or nonprescription drug or device under a lawful order of a practitioner in a suitable container appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to or use by a patient, research subject, or an animal. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
- Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
- Pharmacist: means an individual licensed by this state to engage in the practice of pharmacy. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
- Pharmacy: means any place where:(51)(a) drugs are dispensed;(51)(b) pharmaceutical care is provided;(51)(c) drugs are processed or handled for eventual use by a patient; or(51)(d) drugs are used for the purpose of analysis or research. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
- Pharmacy intern: means an individual licensed by this state to engage in practice as a pharmacy intern. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
- 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(1)(a) a prescription in a quantity different than the quantity prescribed if the prescribed quantity or package size is not commercially available; and(1)(b) a prescription in a dosage form different than the dosage form prescribed, if in the professional judgement of the pharmacist or pharmacy intern, dispensing a different dosage form is in the best interest of the patient.(2) This section does not apply if:(2)(a) the substitute would change the bioavailability of the medication;(2)(b) the substitute would change the treatment parameters; or(2)(c) the prescriber has written or clearly designated “dispense as written” on the prescription.