When the therapeutic needs of a patient require that medication be initiated immediately and the services of a licensed pharmacy are not available within a five-mile radius of a hospital emergency room, a person associated with such hospital authorized to dispense medication may dispense up to a twenty-four-hour supply of medication, excluding controlled substances, to such patient. Such dispensing shall be authorized by a verbal order of a licensed practitioner. For purposes of this section, “licensed practitioner” means a physician on the staff of such hospital or other prescribing practitioner associated with such hospital who has examined such patient and determined the patient’s therapeutic needs.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 20-622

  • Dispense: means those acts of processing a drug or device for delivery or for administration for a patient pursuant to a prescription consisting of: (A) Comparing the directions on the label with the directions on the prescription to determine accuracy. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate trust, partnership, association, joint venture or any other legal or commercial entity. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
  • Pharmacy: means a place of business where drugs and devices may be sold at retail and for which a pharmacy license has been issued to an applicant under the provisions of §. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
  • Prescribing practitioner: means an individual licensed by the state of Connecticut, any other state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States who is authorized to issue a prescription within the scope of the individual's practice. See Connecticut General Statutes 20-571
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