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Several changes to Utah pharmacy law would take effect under this bill. It would broaden the list of prescription drugs that pharmacists—not just doctors—may prescribe to include vaccines and epinephrine (the medication used to treat severe allergic reactions), and it would update the legal definition of a "collaborative pharmacy practice agreement" so pharmacists working under such agreements can initiate drug therapy, not just manage it. The bill would also allow online sales of pseudoephedrine, a common cold medication that can be used to make methamphetamine, but only if the state's Division of Professional Licensing, working with the Board of Pharmacy, approves and implements a free, real-time electronic tracking system that can automatically block a sale exceeding legal purchase limits; if no such free system is available, online sales of pseudoephedrine would remain prohibited. Retailers selling pseudoephedrine online would be required to collect and submit purchaser identification and purchase details to the tracking system before completing any sale, and law enforcement would be able to access those records for enforcement purposes.