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When a hospital, emergency department, or ambulatory surgical facility administers certain medications to a patient—specifically topical antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drops, dilation drops, or glaucoma drops or ointments—this bill would allow the facility to send the unused portion of that medication home with the patient if continued treatment is needed, rather than requiring a separate prescription. The medication would need to be labeled according to state pharmacy standards, and if the medication was used in an operating room or emergency department, the facility would be responsible for counseling the patient on its proper use; the standard pharmacist counseling requirement would not apply in this situation. The bill also updates and reorganizes several related legal definitions, including correcting a reference so that "controlled substance" is defined under the appropriate section of Utah law, and includes a clause specifying which version of that definition would apply if another bill affecting the same law also passes this session.