Patient counseling.

Utah Code § 58-17b-613, under Part 58-17b-6: Regulation of the Practice of Pharmacy Operating Standards.

Utah Code § 58-17b-613

58-17b-613. Patient counseling.

(1) A pharmacy shall verbally offer to counsel a patient or a patient's agent in a personal face-to-face discussion regarding each prescription drug dispensed, if the patient or patient's agent: delivers the prescription in person to the pharmacist or pharmacy intern; or receives the drug in person at the time it is dispensed at the pharmacy facility.

(2) A pharmacist or pharmacy intern at a pharmacy that receives a prescription from a patient by means other than personal delivery, and that dispenses a prescribed drug to the patient by means other than personal delivery, shall provide the patient with: for a class D pharmacy, a toll-free telephone number at which the patient may contact a pharmacist or pharmacy intern at the pharmacy for patient counseling regarding the prescribed drug; or for a class A pharmacy, a telephone number by which the patient may contact a pharmacist or pharmacy intern at the pharmacy for patient counseling regarding the prescribed drug.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections (1) and (2), a pharmacist or a pharmacy intern may: provide patient counseling to an individual under the jurisdiction of the Utah Department of Corrections or a county detention facility via a written, telephone, or electronic communication; and provide medication guides or package inserts via written communication.