Section 58-17b-610.6 - Hospital pharmacy dispensing prescription drugs(1) As used in this section, "controlled substance" means a substance classified as a controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act, Title II, Pub. L. No. 91-513 et seq., or Section 58-37-4.(2)(a) Subject to Subsection (2)(b), the division shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, in consultation with hospital pharmacies, to establish guidelines under which a hospital pharmacy may dispense a limited supply of a prescription drug to an individual who is no longer a patient in the hospital setting if: (i) the individual is discharged from the hospital on the same day that the hospital pharmacy dispenses the prescription drug to the individual;(ii) in the professional judgment of the practitioner, dispensing the drug is necessary for the patient's immediate needs;(iii) the class A pharmacy with which the patient has an established pharmacy-patient relationship: (A) is not open at the time of the patient's discharge; or(B) unable to dispense the medication for any reason;(iv) the hospital pharmacy dispenses a quantity of the prescription drug that is not more than a 72-hour supply; and(v) dispensing the prescription drug complies with protocols established by the hospital pharmacy.(b)(i) A hospital pharmacy may dispense an opioid antagonist to a patient without satisfying Subsection (2)(a)(iii).(ii) A hospital pharmacy that dispenses an opioid antagonist to a patient under Subsection (2)(b)(i) shall accept as payment the wholesale acquisition cost at the time of dispensing.(3) A hospital pharmacy, or a practitioner or pharmacist in the hospital, may dispense a prescription drug in accordance with rules made under Subsection (2).Amended by Chapter 210, 2024 General Session ,§ 4, eff. 5/1/2024.Amended by Chapter 465, 2022 General Session ,§ 4, eff. 5/4/2022.Added by Chapter 44, 2017 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/9/2017.