2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17b - Social Services
Chapter 319ff - Prescription Drug Assistance
Section 17b-493 - (Formerly Sec. 17a-344). Generic substitution required.
A pharmacist shall, except as limited by subsections (c), (e) and (i) of section 20-619 and section 17b-274, substitute a therapeutically and chemically equivalent generic drug product for a prescribed drug product when filling a prescription for an eligible person under the program.
(P.A. 85-573, S. 8, 18; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 48, 63; P.A. 95-264, S. 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 41, 53; P.A. 11-44, S. 151.)
History: Sec. 17-515 transferred to Sec. 17a-344 in 1991; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 required that a pharmacist provide a generic drug product, eliminating the previous discretionary authority; Sec. 17a-344 transferred to Sec. 17b-493 in 1995; P.A. 95-264 made a technical change; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 added reference to Sec. 17b-274 as an additional limitation on substitution of generic drug products, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 11-44 added references to Sec. 20-619(e) and (i).
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