58-24b-403 - Administration of a prescription drug. - Utah Statutes

58-24b-403. Administration of a prescription drug.
(1) A licensed physical therapist may purchase, store, and administer topical and aerosolmedications that require a prescription only as provided in this section.
(2) A licensed physical therapist may purchase, store, and administer:
(a) topically applied medicinal agents, including steroids and analgesics, for wound careand for musculoskeletal treatment, using iontophoresis or phonorphoresis; and
(b) aerosols for pulmonary hygiene in an institutional setting, if a licensed respiratorytherapist is not available in, or within a 10 mile radius of, the institution.
(3) A licensed physical therapist may only purchase, store, or administer a medicationdescribed in this section pursuant to a written prescription issued by a practitioner who islicensed to prescribe that medication.
(4) This section does not authorize a licensed physical therapist to dispense a prescriptiondrug.

Enacted by Chapter 220, 2009 General Session