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Utah Code § 58-17b-613: Patient counseling.

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  1. Title 58 Occupations and Professions
  2. Chapter 58-17b Pharmacy Practice Act
  3. Part 58-17b-6 Regulation of the Practice of Pharmacy Operating Standards

(1) A pharmacy shall verbally offer to counsel a patient or a patient's agent in a personal face-to-face discussion regarding each prescription drug dispensed, if the patient or patient's agent:

(a) delivers the prescription in person to the pharmacist or pharmacy intern; or

(b) receives the drug in person at the time it is dispensed at the pharmacy facility.

(2) A pharmacist or pharmacy intern at a pharmacy that receives a prescription from a patient by means other than personal delivery, and that dispenses a prescribed drug to the patient by means other than personal delivery, shall provide the patient with:

(a) for a class D pharmacy, a toll-free telephone number at which the patient may contact a pharmacist or pharmacy intern at the pharmacy for patient counseling regarding the prescribed drug; or

(b) for a class A pharmacy, a telephone number by which the patient may contact a pharmacist or pharmacy intern at the pharmacy for patient counseling regarding the prescribed drug.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections (1) and (2), a pharmacist or a pharmacy intern may:

(a) provide patient counseling to an individual under the jurisdiction of the Utah Department of Corrections or a county detention facility via a written, telephone, or electronic communication; and

(b) provide medication guides or package inserts via written communication.

Collected 2026-09-03T11:34:33Z. Source file · JSON

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