Okla. Admin. Code § 317:30-5-76

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 317:30-5-76 - Generic drugs

All eligible providers are required to substitute generic medications for prescription name brand medications with the exception of prescriptions in which a brand necessary certification as provided in OAC 317:30-5-77 is made by a prescribing provider or when the agency has notified pharmacy providers that the net cost of the brand name medication is lower than the net cost of the generic medication.

Okla. Admin. Code § 317:30-5-76

Added at 12 Ok Reg 751, eff 1-5-95 through 7-14-95 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 3131, eff 7-27-95; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 3446, eff 7-1-99 (emergency)¹; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2383, eff 6-26-00

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 35, Issue 24, September 4, 2018, eff. 9/14/2018

¹On October 15, 1999, the District Court of Oklahoma County issued a Temporary Injunction Order "prohibiting, barring, enjoining and restraining the Oklahoma Health Care Authority from relying upon, maintaining, employing or using t[his] emergency rule." [See Astrazeneca LP v. Oklahoma Health Care Authority, Case No. CJ-99-5898, 10-15-99, Judge Bryan C. Dixon, District Court of Oklahoma County] On 6-26-00, the emergency action was superseded by a permanent action, and on 10-10-00, the case was dismissed with prejudice.