{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-58-37-305","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 58-37-305","heading":"High risk prescriptions.","body":"(1) As used in this section:\n(a) \"Database\" means the controlled substance database created in Section 58-37f-201.\n(b) \"High risk prescription\" means a prescription for an opiate or a benzodiazepine that is written to continue for longer than 30 consecutive days.\n(2) A practitioner who issues a high risk prescription to a patient shall, before issuing the high risk prescription to the patient, verify in the database that the patient does not have a high risk prescription from a different practitioner that is currently active.\n(3) If the database shows that the patient has received a high risk prescription that is currently active from a different practitioner, the practitioner may not issue a high risk prescription to the patient unless the practitioner:\n(a) contacts and consults with each practitioner who issued a high risk prescription that is currently active to the patient;\n(b) documents in the patient's medical record that the practitioner made contact with each practitioner in accordance with Subsection (3)(a); and\n(c) documents in the patient's medical record the reason why the practitioner believes that the patient needs multiple high risk prescriptions from different practitioners.\n(4) A practitioner shall satisfy the requirement described in Subsection (3) in a timely manner, which may be after the practitioner issues the high risk prescription to the patient.","path":["Title 58 Occupations and Professions","Chapter 58-37 Controlled Substances","Part 58-37-3 Specific Provisions Regarding Prescriptions and Orders"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title58/Chapter37/58-37-S305.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"c3f6820d9b9e9d4031c6ffc478e268039a3f7a03bf7b8e7ee647bb1db5d7c8c7","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-58-37-304","next":"us-ut/utah-code-58-37-306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}