Effective 5/4/2022
26-55-105. Standing prescription drug orders for an opiate antagonist.
26-55-105. Standing prescription drug orders for an opiate antagonist.
- (1) Notwithstanding Title 58, Chapter 17b, Pharmacy Practice Act, a person licensed under Title 58, Chapter 17b, Pharmacy Practice Act, to dispense an opiate antagonist may dispense the opiate antagonist:
- (a) pursuant to a standing prescription drug order made in accordance with Subsection (2); and
- (b) without any other prescription drug order from a person licensed to prescribe an opiate antagonist.
- (2) A physician who is licensed to prescribe an opiate antagonist, including a physician acting in the physician’s capacity as an employee of the department, or a medical director of a local health department, as defined in Section 26A-1-102, may issue a standing prescription drug order authorizing the dispensing of the opiate antagonist under Subsection (1) in accordance with a protocol that:
- (a) limits dispensing of the opiate antagonist to:
- (i) an individual who is at increased risk of experiencing an opiate-related drug overdose event;
- (ii) a family member of, friend of, or other person, including a person described in Subsections 26-55-107(1)(a)(i)(A) through (1)(a)(i)(F), that is in a position to assist an individual who is at increased risk of experiencing an opiate-related drug overdose event; or
- (iii) an overdose outreach provider for:
- (A) furnishing to an individual who is at increased risk of experiencing an opiate-related drug overdose event, or to a family member of, friend of, or other individual who is in a position to assist an individual who is at increased risk of experiencing an opiate-related drug overdose event, as provided in Section 26-55-106; or
- (B) administering to an individual experiencing an opiate-related drug overdose event;
- (b) requires the physician to specify the persons, by professional license number, authorized to dispense the opiate antagonist;
- (c) requires the physician to review at least annually the dispensing practices of those authorized by the physician to dispense the opiate antagonist;
- (d) requires those authorized by the physician to dispense the opiate antagonist to make and retain a record of each person to whom the opiate antagonist is dispensed, which shall include:
- (i) the name of the person;
- (ii) the drug dispensed; and
- (iii) other relevant information; and
- (e) is approved by the Division of Professional Licensing within the Department of Commerce by administrative rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
- (a) limits dispensing of the opiate antagonist to:
Amended by Chapter 415, 2022 General Session