Drug product selection — restrictions.

1. If an authorized practitioner prescribes a drug, the pharmacist may exercise professional judgment in the interest of the patient by providing a therapeutic substitution for dispensing and sale to the patient. 2. The pharmacist shall not provide a therapeutic substitution if “dispense as written” is indicated on the prescription. 3. The board shall adopt rules on proper recording and notification when a therapeutic substitution is made under this section . 87 Acts, ch 215, §32 ; 2004 Acts, ch 1036, §17 ; 2017 Acts, ch 5, §3 ; 2024 Acts, ch 1056, §19