Utah Code § 58-88-202

Dispensing practice -- Drugs that may be dispensed -- Limitations and
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exceptions.
(1) Notwithstanding Section 58-17b-302, a dispensing practitioner may dispense a drug at a
licensed dispensing practice if the drug is:
(a) packaged in a fixed quantity per package by:
(i) the drug manufacturer;
(ii) a pharmaceutical wholesaler or distributor; or
(iii) a pharmacy licensed under Chapter 17b, Pharmacy Practice Act;
(b) dispensed:
(i) at a licensed dispensing practice at which the dispensing practitioner regularly practices; and
(ii) under a prescription issued by the dispensing practitioner to the dispensing practitioner's
patient;
(c) except as provided in Subsection (6), for a condition that is not expected to last longer than 30
days; and
(d) for a condition for which the patient has been evaluated by the dispensing practitioner on the
same day on which the dispensing practitioner dispenses the drug.
(2) A dispensing practitioner may not dispense:
(a) a controlled substance as defined in Section 58-37-101;
(b) a drug or class of drugs that is designated by the division under Subsection 58-88-205(2); or
(c) a supply of a drug under this part that exceeds a 30-day supply.
(3) A dispensing practitioner may not make a claim against workers' compensation or automobile
insurance for a drug dispensed under this part for outpatient use unless the dispensing
practitioner is contracted with a pharmacy network established by the claim payor.
(4) When a dispensing practitioner dispenses a drug to the patient under this part, a dispensing
practitioner shall:
(a) disclose to the patient verbally and in writing that the patient is not required to fill the
prescription through the licensed dispensing practice and that the patient has a right to fill the
prescription through a pharmacy; and
(b) if the patient will be responsible to pay cash for the drug, disclose:
(i) that the patient will be responsible to pay cash for the drug; and
(ii) the amount that the patient will be charged by the licensed dispensing practice for the drug.
(5) This part does not:
(a) require a dispensing practitioner to dispense a drug under this part;

(b) limit a health care prescriber from dispensing under Chapter 17b, Part 8, Dispensing Medical
Practitioner and Dispensing Medical Practitioner Clinic Pharmacy; or
(c) apply to a physician who dispenses:
(i) a drug sample, as defined in Section 58-17b-102, to a patient in accordance with Section

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