(1) 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: (a) the individual is discharged from the hospital on the same day that the hospital pharmacy dispenses the prescription drug to the individual; (b) the prescription drug relates to the reason for which the individual was a patient at the hospital before being discharged; (c) the class A pharmacy with which the patient has an established pharmacy-patient relationship is not open at the time of the patient's discharge; (d) the hospital pharmacy dispenses a quantity of the prescription drug that is the lesser of: (i) a 72-hour supply; or (ii) an adequate amount to treat the discharged patient through the first day on which the pharmacy described in Subsection (1)(c) is open after the patient's discharge from the hospital; and (e) dispensing the prescription drug complies with protocols established by the hospital pharmacy.
(a) the individual is discharged from the hospital on the same day that the hospital pharmacy dispenses the prescription drug to the individual;
(b) the prescription drug relates to the reason for which the individual was a patient at the hospital before being discharged;
(c) the class A pharmacy with which the patient has an established pharmacy-patient relationship is not open at the time of the patient's discharge;
(d) the hospital pharmacy dispenses a quantity of the prescription drug that is the lesser of: (i) a 72-hour supply; or (ii) an adequate amount to treat the discharged patient through the first day on which the pharmacy described in Subsection (1)(c) is open after the patient's discharge from the hospital; and
(i) a 72-hour supply; or
(ii) an adequate amount to treat the discharged patient through the first day on which the pharmacy described in Subsection (1)(c) is open after the patient's discharge from the hospital; and
(e) dispensing the prescription drug complies with protocols established by the hospital pharmacy.
(2) A hospital pharmacy may dispense a prescription drug in accordance with rules made under Subsection (1).
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