Code of Colorado Regulations
700 - Department of Regulatory Agencies
727 - Division of Professions and Occupations - Board of Veterinary Medicine
4 CCR 727-1 - VETERINARIAN AND VETERINARY TECHNICIAN RULES AND REGULATIONS
Section 4 CCR 727-1.13 - WAIVER OF VETERINARIAN-CLIENT-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP FOR ADMINISTERING, DISTRIBUTING, DISPENSING, OR PRESCRIBING IN AN URGENT SITUATION ONLY

Universal Citation: 4 CO Code Regs 727-1 § 13

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 5, March 10, 2024

This Rule is promulgated pursuant to sections 12-20-204 and 12-315-106(5)(g), C.R.S.

A. If a licensed veterinarian who has an established veterinarian-client-patient relationship (VCPR) with a patient prescribes a prescription drug that the licensed veterinarian does not have in stock and is not available at a local pharmacy, then in an urgent situation ONLY another licensed veterinarian who does not have a VCPR with that same patient may administer, distribute, or dispense a prescription drug to that patient based on the examining veterinarian's expertise and established VCPR with the patient as long as the following requirements are met:

1. The examining veterinarian with the VCPR must document the urgent situation and the immediate need for the prescription drug;

2. The examining veterinarian with the VCPR must document his or her efforts to obtain the prescription drug from a local pharmacy, including documentation of contact with at least one pharmacy in the general proximity of the examination location that does not have the prescription drug immediately available;

3. The examining veterinarian must provide a written prescription;

4. The examining veterinarian must have direct communication with the dispensing veterinarian; and

5. The licensed veterinarian who administers, distributes, or dispenses the prescription drug on behalf of the examining veterinarian must document the date the prescription is administered, distributed, or dispensed.

B. An "urgent situation" refers to a failure to acquire the prescription drug immediately threatens the health or wellbeing of the patient.

Adopted November 3, 2011, Effective December 30, 2011

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