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Senate tightens 'dispense as written' rules, requires documented medical necessity for overrides
Utah State Senate · January 26, 2007
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Summary
Senate amends SB 42 to clarify dispense-as-written exceptions and add a requirement that prescribers document any override as medically necessary in the patient's medical file; SB 42 passes as amended and is referred to the House.
SALT LAKE CITY — Lawmakers amended and passed Senate Bill 42 on Jan. 26 to clarify how prescribers may override a preferred drug list (PDL) and to add a documentation requirement for any medical-necessity override.
Senator Kilpack described an amendment to avoid unintentionally overriding state generic-substitution law and to require reporting on the…
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