{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-20-622","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-622","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 20-180a). Licensed practitioners may authorize medication to be dispensed from a hospital emergency room.","body":"When the therapeutic needs of a patient require that medication be initiated immediately and the services of a licensed pharmacy are not available within a five-mile radius of a hospital emergency room, a person associated with such hospital authorized to dispense medication may dispense up to a twenty-four-hour supply of medication, excluding controlled substances, to such patient. Such dispensing shall be authorized by a verbal order of a licensed practitioner. For purposes of this section, “licensed practitioner” means a physician on the staff of such hospital or other prescribing practitioner associated with such hospital who has examined such patient and determined the patient's therapeutic needs.","path":["TITLE 20. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, TITLE PROTECTION AND REGISTRATION. EXAMINING BOARDS","CHAPTER 400j. PHARMACY","PART III*. PRACTICE OF PHARMACY"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_400j.htm#sec_20-622","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:05Z","sha256":"e479cb131537facbd9d20f7f3f65ff5a18be07c64db11c2a605feed5084d6aa1","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-20-621a","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-20-623"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}