S.B.
194
PHARMACY PRACTICE ACT AMENDMENTS
Senate Committee
Amendments
Amendment 1 February 20, 2013 3:11 PM
Senator Evan J. Vickers
proposes the following amendments:
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. amends pharmacy technician licensure qualifications;
. authorizes, under certain circumstances, the dispensing of one or more refills at the time a
legend drug prescription is dispensed;
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58-17b-612, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 101
ENACTS:
58-17b-608.1, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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with the division.
Section 4. Section 58-17b-608.1 is enacted to read:
58-17b-608.1. Refills of legend drug prescriptions.
If a prescription for a legend drug includes authorization for one or more refills, a pharmacist or
pharmacy intern may dispense one or more of the refills at the time the drug is dispensed, if:
(1) the drug is not a controlled substance;
(2) the prescription does not include "Dispense as Written," "DAW", or some other notation
having similar meaning;
(3) the total dosage units dispensed, including the units for both the prescription and any refills,
do not exceed a 180-day supply; and
(4) in the professional judgment of the pharmacist or pharmacy intern the refill, or refills,
should be dispensed at the time the prescription is dispensed.
Renumber remaining sections accordingly.
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