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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="12-504.1" title_number="12" title_name="Pharmacists and Pharmacies" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Practice of Pharmacy and Operation of Pharmacies">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, within 5 business days after dispensing a biological product to a patient, the dispensing pharmacist or the pharmacist’s designee shall communicate the specific biological product dispensed, including the name and manufacturer of the biological product, to the prescriber.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The communication required under subsection (a) of this section shall be provided by making an entry that is electronically accessible to the prescriber through:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>An interoperable electronic medical records system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An electronic prescribing technology;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A pharmacy benefits management system; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A pharmacy record; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Making an entry through a mechanism listed in paragraph (1) of this subsection is presumed to provide the communication to the prescriber required under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the mechanisms listed in subsection (b)(1) of this section are not available, the communication required under subsection (a) of this section may be provided by facsimile, telephone, electronic transmission, or other means.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The communication requirement under subsection (a) of this section does not apply if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The United States Food and Drug Administration has not approved an interchangeable biological product for the biological product prescribed to the patient; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A refill prescription is not changed from the biological product dispensed on the most recent filling of the prescription.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
