Utah Admin. Code 66-5-22

Current through Bulletin 2024-23, December 1, 2024

Section R66-5-22 - Limited Medical Provider Recommendation Form

(1) A medical cannabis pharmacy may accept and process a completed "Limited Medical Provider Recommendation for Medical Cannabis" form.

(a) A pharmacy agent or a PMP employed by a medical cannabis pharmacy may perform a form verification.

(b) Only a PMP may make changes or additions to a form after documenting approval of changes or additions that are communicated by an LMP.

(c) An LMP recommendation cannot be entered into the EVS by a PMP or pharmacy agent without a complete DHHS-approved form that is hand-delivered, emailed, or faxed to the medical cannabis pharmacy.

(c) When verifying the validity of the form, a medical cannabis pharmacy shall verify:

(i) the form is complete and no information on the form appears to have been adulterated;

(ii) the suffix of the state-issued professional license number matches specific numbers assigned to the provider's state-issued professional license type;

(iii) there are nine digits in the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) license number;

(iv) the clinic name, email address, mailing address, and telephone number appear to be legitimate; and

(v) that an LMP at that clinic completed a form for the patient named in the form.

(2)

(a) If the form is missing any part of the verification, a PMP shall investigate any missing or incorrect information.

(b) If a PMP cannot receive verification of the form from the clinic, the form cannot be processed and the PMP shall continue to contact the clinic to seek verification of the information on the form.

(3)

(a) The pharmacy shall maintain a record of the pharmacy employee having received or not received verification of a valid form from the clinic.

(b) For hand-delivered and electronically delivered forms, the pharmacy shall upload the form to the patient's EVS account.

(c) The verification of the form shall be recorded in the "Medical Cannabis Pharmacy Use Only" at the bottom of the form or in the patient's EVS profile.

(d) If a PMP corrected or added information on the form upon order of the LMP, a note documenting the change shall be recorded.

(4) If the medical cannabis pharmacy believes a form to be fraudulent, the pharmacy shall notify the DHHS via email within 24 hours of the first receipt of the form.

Utah Admin. Code R66-5-22

Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-10, effective 5/13/2024

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-15, effective 7/25/2024