58-17b-608 - Emergency refills. - Utah Statutes

58-17b-608. Emergency refills.
(1) In the interest of the patient's health, a pharmacist or pharmacy intern may, in anemergency, refill a prescription for a patient, but only if the prescribing practitioner is notavailable promptly to authorize the refill and only if in the professional judgment of thepharmacist or pharmacy intern the prescription should be refilled.
(2) Only sufficient medication as necessary in the emergency may be furnished by thepharmacist or pharmacy intern, not to exceed a three-day supply.
(3) The practitioner shall be contacted as soon as possible for further instructionsconcerning the emergency.

Enacted by Chapter 280, 2004 General Session