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  • (1) "Board" means the Online Prescribing, Dispensing, and Facilitation Licensing Board created in Section 58-83-201.
  • (2) "Branching questionnaire" means an adaptive and progressive assessment tool approved by the board.
  • (3) "Delivery of online pharmaceutical services" means the process in which a prescribing practitioner diagnoses a patient and prescribes one or more of the drugs authorized by Section 58-83-306, using:
    • (a) a branching questionnaire or other assessment tool approved by the division for the purpose of diagnosing and assessing a patient's health status;
    • (b) an Internet contract pharmacy to:
      • (i) dispense the prescribed drug; or
      • (ii) transfer the prescription to another pharmacy; and
    • (c) an Internet facilitator to facilitate the practices described in Subsections (3)(a) and (b).
  • (4) "Division" means the Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing.
  • (5) "Internet facilitator" means a licensed provider of a web-based system for electronic communication between and among an online prescriber, the online prescriber's patient, and the online contract pharmacy.
  • (6) "Online contract pharmacy" means a pharmacy licensed and in good standing under Chapter 17b, Pharmacy Practice Act, as either a Class A Retail Pharmacy or a Class B Closed Door Pharmacy and licensed under this chapter to fulfill prescriptions issued by an online prescriber through a specific Internet facilitator.
  • (7) "Online prescriber" means a person:
    • (a) licensed under another chapter of this title;
    • (b) whose license under another chapter of this title includes assessing, diagnosing, and prescribing authority for humans; and
    • (c) who has obtained a license under this chapter to engage in online prescribing.
  • (8) "Unlawful conduct" is as defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-83-501.
  • (9) "Unprofessional conduct" is as defined in Sections 58-1-203 and 58-83-502, and as further defined by the division in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.




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