1. (1) A Class A pharmacy includes retail operations located in Utah. A Class A pharmacy requires a PIC or RDPIC. Examples of Class A pharmacies include:

   1. (a) retail pharmacies;
   2. (b) mail service retail pharmacies; and
   3. (c) remote dispensing pharmacies.

2. (2) A Class B pharmacy includes an institutional pharmacy that provides services to a target population unique to the needs of the healthcare services required by the patient. A Class B pharmacy require a PIC, RDPIC, or DMPIC, except for pharmaceutical administration facilities and narcotic treatment program pharmacies. Examples of Class B pharmacies include:

   1. (a) closed door pharmacies;
   2. (b) hospital clinic pharmacies;
   3. (c) narcotic treatment program pharmacies;
   4. (d) nuclear pharmacies;
   5. (e) branch pharmacies;
   6. (f) hospice facility pharmacies;
   7. (g) pharmaceutical administration facility pharmacies;

   8. (h) sterile product preparation facility pharmacies;

      1. (i) dispensing medical practitioner clinic pharmacies; and
   9. (j) remote dispensing pharmacies.

3. (3) A Class C pharmacy includes a pharmacy that is involved in:

   1. (a) manufacturing;
   2. (b) producing;
   3. (c) wholesaling;
   4. (d) distributing; or
   5. (e) reverse distributing.
4. (4) A Class D pharmacy requires a PIC licensed in the state where the pharmacy is physically located and includes an out-of-state mail service pharmacy. A Class D pharmacy with multiple locations shall have licenses for each facility and each component part of a facility.

5. (5) A Class E pharmacy does not require a PIC and includes:

   1. (a) analytical laboratory pharmacies;
   2. (b) animal control pharmacies;
   3. (c) durable medical equipment provider pharmacies;
   4. (d) human clinical investigational drug research facility pharmacies;
   5. (e) medical gas provider pharmacies;
   6. (f) animal narcotic detection training facility pharmacies;
   7. (g) third party logistics providers;

   8. (h) non-drug or device handling central prescription processing pharmacies; and

      1. (i) veterinarian pharmaceutical facility pharmacies.

6. (6)(a) Each Class A and each Class B pharmacy required to have a PIC or DMPIC shall have one PIC or DMPIC who is employed on a full-time basis as defined by the employer, who acts as a PIC or DMPIC for one pharmacy.

   1. (b) The PIC or DMPIC:

      1. (i) may be the PIC or DMPIC of more than one Class A or Class B pharmacy, if the additional Class A or Class B pharmacies are not open to provide pharmacy services simultaneously; and
      2. (ii) may serve as an RDPIC.
7. (7) A PIC, RDPIC, or DMPIC shall comply with Section R156-17b-603.

Under Section 58-17b-302, this section clarifies the classification of pharmacies.

KEY: pharmacists, licensing, pharmacies

Date of Last Change: August 8, 2025

Notice of Continuation: August 5, 2024

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 63G-3-201; 58-17b-101; 58-17b-601(1); 58-37-1; 58-1-106(1)(a); 58-1-202(1)(a)