§ 58-17b-901 Title
§ 58-17b-902 Definitions
§ 58-17b-903 Charitable Prescription Drug Recycling Program — Creation — Requirements
§ 58-17b-904 Criteria for eligible prescription drugs
§ 58-17b-905 Participation in program — Requirements — Fees
§ 58-17b-906 Liability of participating organizations and manufacturers
§ 58-17b-907 Rules made by the division

Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 58 > Chapter 17b > Part 9 - Charitable Prescription Drug Recycling Act

  • Assisted living facility: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201. See Utah Code 58-17b-902
  • Beyond use date: means the date determined by a pharmacist and placed on a prescription label at the time of dispensing that indicates to the patient or caregiver a time beyond which the contents of the prescription are not recommended to be used. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • board: means the Utah State Board of Pharmacy created in Section 58-17b-201. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • Cancer drug: means a drug that controls or kills neoplastic cells and includes a drug used in chemotherapy to destroy cancer cells. See Utah Code 58-17b-902
  • Charitable clinic: means a charitable nonprofit corporation that:
    (a) holds a valid exemption from federal income taxation issued under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code;
    (b) is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code;
    (c) provides, on an outpatient basis, for a period of less than 24 consecutive hours, to an individual not residing or confined at a facility owned or operated by the charitable nonprofit corporation:
    (i) advice;
    (ii) counseling;
    (iii) diagnosis;
    (iv) treatment;
    (v) surgery; or
    (vi) care or services relating to the preservation or maintenance of health; and
    (d) has a licensed outpatient pharmacy. See Utah Code 58-17b-902
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Controlled substance: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-37-2. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County health department: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102. See Utah Code 58-17b-902
  • Dispense: means the interpretation, evaluation, and implementation of a prescription drug order or device or nonprescription drug or device under a lawful order of a practitioner in a suitable container appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to or use by a patient, research subject, or an animal. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • Donated prescription drug: means a prescription drug that an eligible donor or individual donates to an eligible pharmacy under the program. See Utah Code 58-17b-902
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Drug: means :
    (i) a substance recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them, intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals;
    (ii) a substance that is required by any applicable federal or state law or rule to be dispensed by prescription only or is restricted to administration by practitioners only;
    (iii) a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals; and
    (iv) substances intended for use as a component of any substance specified in Subsections (26)(a)(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv). See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • Eligible donor: means a donor that donates a prescription drug from within the state and is:
    (a) a nursing care facility;
    (b) an assisted living facility;
    (c) a licensed intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability;
    (d) a manufacturer;
    (e) a pharmaceutical wholesale distributor;
    (f) an eligible pharmacy; or
    (g) a physician's office. See Utah Code 58-17b-902
  • Eligible pharmacy: means a pharmacy that:
    (a) is registered by the division as eligible to participate in the program; and
    (b) 
    (i) is licensed in the state as a Class A retail pharmacy; or
    (ii) is operated by:
    (A) a county;
    (B) a county health department;
    (C) a pharmacy under contract with a county health department;
    (D) the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section 26B-1-201; or
    (E) a charitable clinic. See Utah Code 58-17b-902
  • Eligible prescription drug: includes a medication-assisted treatment drug that may be accepted, transferred, and dispensed under the program in accordance with federal law. See Utah Code 58-17b-902
  • Licensed intermediate care facility for people with an intellectual disability: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-17b-503. See Utah Code 58-17b-902
  • Licensed pharmacy technician: means an individual licensed with the division, that may, under the supervision of a pharmacist, perform the activities involved in the technician practice of pharmacy. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • Manufacturer: means a person or business physically located in Utah licensed to be engaged in the manufacturing of drugs or devices. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • Medically indigent individual: means an individual who:
    (a) 
    (i) does not have health insurance; and
    (ii) lacks reasonable means to purchase prescribed medications; or
    (b) 
    (i) has health insurance; and
    (ii) lacks reasonable means to pay the insured's portion of the cost of the prescribed medications. See Utah Code 58-17b-902
  • Medication-assisted treatment drug: means buprenorphine prescribed to treat substance use withdrawal symptoms or an opiate use disorder. See Utah Code 58-17b-902
  • Nursing care facility: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-2-201. See Utah Code 58-17b-902
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Pharmacist: means an individual licensed by this state to engage in the practice of pharmacy. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • Pharmacy: means any place where:
    (a) drugs are dispensed;
    (b) pharmaceutical care is provided;
    (c) drugs are processed or handled for eventual use by a patient; or
    (d) drugs are used for the purpose of analysis or research. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • Pharmacy intern: means an individual licensed by this state to engage in practice as a pharmacy intern. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • Practitioner: means an individual currently licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized by the appropriate jurisdiction to prescribe and administer drugs in the course of professional practice. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • Prescription: means an order issued:
    (a) by a licensed practitioner in the course of that practitioner's professional practice or by collaborative pharmacy practice agreement; and
    (b) for a controlled substance or other prescription drug or device for use by a patient or an animal. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • Prescription drug: means a drug that is required by federal or state law or rule to be dispensed only by prescription or is restricted to administration only by practitioners. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Program: means the Charitable Prescription Drug Recycling Program created in Section 58-17b-903. See Utah Code 58-17b-902
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Retail pharmacy: means a pharmaceutical facility dispensing prescription drugs and devices to the general public. See Utah Code 58-17b-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Unit pack: means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-17b-503. See Utah Code 58-17b-902