58-17b-610.6. Hospital pharmacy dispensing prescription drugs.
(1) As used in this section, "controlled substance" means a substance classified as a controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act, Title II, Pub. L. No. 91-513 et seq., or Section. 58-37-108
(2) Subject to Subsection, the division shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, in consultation with hospital pharmacies, to establish guidelines under which a hospital pharmacy may dispense a limited supply of a prescription drug to an individual who is no longer a patient in the hospital setting if: (2)(b) the individual is discharged from the hospital on the same day that the hospital pharmacy dispenses the prescription drug to the individual; in the professional judgment of the practitioner, dispensing the drug is necessary for the patient's immediate needs; the class A pharmacy with which the patient has an established pharmacy-patient relationship: is not open at the time of the patient's discharge; or unable to dispense the medication for any reason; the hospital pharmacy dispenses a quantity of the prescription drug that is not more than a 72-hour supply; and dispensing the prescription drug complies with protocols established by the hospital pharmacy. A hospital pharmacy may dispense an opioid antagonist to a patient without satisfying Subsection. (2)(a)(iii) A hospital pharmacy that dispenses an opioid antagonist to a patient under Subsectionshall accept as payment the wholesale acquisition cost at the time of dispensing. (2)(b)(i)
(3) A hospital pharmacy, or a practitioner or pharmacist in the hospital, may dispense a prescription drug in accordance with rules made under Subsection. (2)