(A) A pharmacist may modify a drug‘s prescription to also include a drug delivery device, if the pharmacist determines that the device is necessary for the drug’s administration.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 4729.391

  • Drug: means :

    (1) Any article recognized in the United States pharmacopoeia and national formulary, or any supplement to them, intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals;

    (2) Any other article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals;

    (3) Any article, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or animals;

    (4) Any article intended for use as a component of any article specified in division (E)(1), (2), or (3) of this section; but does not include devices or their components, parts, or accessories. See Ohio Code 4729.01

  • Prescription: means all of the following:

    (1) A written, electronic, or oral order for drugs or combinations or mixtures of drugs to be used by a particular individual or for treating a particular animal, issued by a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs;

    (2) For purposes of sections 4723. See Ohio Code 4729.01

  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59

(B) The state board of pharmacy may adopt rules to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code.

(C) For purposes of reimbursement under the terms of a health benefit plan by a health care insurer, government health care program, pharmacy benefit manager, or other entity that offers health benefit plans, a prescription modified as described in this section, and in accordance with any rules adopted under it, shall be deemed a valid prescription for the drug delivery device.

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