1. If an authorized practitioner prescribes a drug, the pharmacist may exercise professional judgment in the interest of the patient by providing a therapeutic substitution for dispensing and sale to the patient.
2. The pharmacist shall not provide a therapeutic substitution if “dispense as written” is indicated on the prescription.
3. The board shall adopt rules on proper recording and notification when a therapeutic substitution is made under this section.
87 Acts, ch 215, §32; 2004 Acts, ch 1036, §17; 2017 Acts, ch 5, §3; 2024 Acts, ch 1056, §19