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Utah Code Ann. § 58-37-305 — High risk prescriptions.
Current through 2026 General Session
Part of Part 3: Specific Provisions Regarding Prescriptions and Orders, Utah Code.
Full text of Utah Code Ann. § 58-37-305
Statutory text current through the 2026 General Session. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Utah.
(1) As used in this section: (1)(a) "Database" means the controlled substance database created in Section 58-37f-201. (1)(b) "High risk prescription" means a prescription for an opiate or a benzodiazepine that is written to continue for longer than 30 consecutive days. (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. (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: (3)(a) contacts and consults with each practitioner who issued a high risk prescription that is currently active to the patient; (3)(b) documents in the patient's medical record that the practitioner made contact with each practitioner in accordance with Subsection (3)(a); and (3)(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. (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.
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