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Senate passes limit on first-time opioid prescriptions to seven days; database check required for most initial fills
Summary
The Utah Senate passed second substitute House Bill 50, which limits most new Schedule II and III opioid prescriptions to a seven-day supply and requires prescribers to consult the controlled substances database on most first prescriptions; the measure preserves physician discretion and contains listed exemptions.
The Utah Senate on the floor passed second substitute House Bill 50, a measure to tighten initial opioid prescribing for acute pain and to promote use of the state controlled-substances database.
Sponsor Senator Vickers told colleagues the measure limits new acute Schedule II and III opioid prescriptions to seven days and requires prescribers to consult the controlled-substances database on first prescriptions longer than three days. "If in that determination of that physician, it's an acute situation ... that first prescription cannot be for more than 7 days,"…
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