58-17b-613. Patient counseling.
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Effective 5/1/2024
58-17b-613. Patient counseling.
(1)A pharmacy shall verbally offer to counsel a patient or a patient's agent in a personal face-to-face discussion regarding each prescription drug dispensed, if the patient or patient's agent:
(a)delivers the prescription in person to the pharmacist or pharmacy intern; or
(b)receives the drug in person at the time it is dispensed at the pharmacy facility.
(2)A pharmacist or pharmacy intern at a pharmacy that receives a prescription from a patient by means other than personal delivery, and that dispenses a prescribed drug to the patient by means other than personal delivery, shall provide the patient with:
(a)for a class D pharmacy, a toll-free telephone number at which the patient may contact a pharmacist or pharmacy intern at the pharmacy for patient counseling regarding the prescribed drug; or
(b)for a class A pharmacy, a telephone number by which the patient may contact a pharmacist or pharmacy intern at the pharmacy for patient counseling regarding the prescribed drug.
(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections
(1)and (2), a pharmacist or a pharmacy intern may:
(a)provide patient counseling to an individual under the jurisdiction of the Utah Department of Corrections or a county detention facility via a written, telephone, or electronic communication; and
(b)provide medication guides or package inserts via written communication.
Amended by Chapter 210 , 2024 General Session