(1) As used in this section, "exhausted prescription" means a prescription for an insulin that the patient is currently using that:
(a) expired no earlier than six months before the patient requests the pharmacist for a refill; or
(b) is not expired and has no refills remaining.
(2) If a valid prescription for insulin includes an authorization for one or more refills, a pharmacist may combine refills to dispense a supply for 100 days but may not exceed the total supply authorized by the refills.
(3) Notwithstanding Section 58-17b-608 and Subsection (2), a pharmacist may, on an emergency basis, dispense a refill for an exhausted prescription based on the prescribing practitioner's instructions for the exhausted prescription in an amount up to a supply for 60 days.
(4) A pharmacist may dispense insulin for an exhausted prescription described in Subsection (3) no more than one time per exhausted prescription.
(5) Before a pharmacist may dispense insulin under Subsection (3), the pharmacist shall:
(a) attempt to contact the prescribing practitioner to inform the prescribing practitioner that the patient's prescription has expired; and
(b) notify the patient of the outcome of the attempt described in Subsection (5)(a).
(6) Within 30 days after the day on which a pharmacist dispenses insulin under Subsection (3), the pharmacist shall inform the prescribing practitioner of:
(a) the amount of insulin dispensed; and
(b) the type of insulin dispensed.
(7) A pharmacist may dispense a therapeutic equivalent when filling a prescription for:
(a) a glucometer;
(b) diabetes test strips;
(c) lancets;
(d) syringes;
(e) needles; or
(f) other supplies for treating diabetes designated by rule made by the division in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.