§ 13-o. Pharmaceutical fee schedule. The chair shall adopt a
pharmaceutical fee schedule which shall establish maximum allowable fees
for prescription medicines provided pursuant to this chapter. The
schedule shall include a single dispensing fee. Nothing in the fee
schedule shall preclude mail order supply of scheduled medicines,
provided that the fees for such mail ordered medicines do not exceed the
costs provided by such fee schedule. Any pharmacy providing prescription
medicines shall provide the generic drug equivalent, if a generic
equivalent is available, unless the prescribing physician specifically
provides otherwise by prescription. The fee schedule may be modified on
each succeeding April first, provided, however, that usual and customary
fees may be charged for drugs that are not included in a then-current
fee schedule, but are approved for use by the chair.