Utah Code § 58-37-305
High risk prescriptions
Utah · Utah Code Title 58 — Occupations and Professions · Status: effective
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(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Database" means the controlled substance database created in Section 58-37f-201.
(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:
(a) contacts and consults with each practitioner who issued a high risk prescription that is currently active to the patient;
(b) documents in the patient's medical record that the practitioner made contact with each practitioner in accordance with Subsection (3)(a); and
(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.