Md. Code, Health Occupations § 12-6A-06
This is the official text of Md. Code, Health Occupations § 12-6A-06, part of Maryland’s Code, Health Occupations — governs the licensing of healthcare professionals.
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§12–6A–06.
Official statutory text
(a) A protocol under this subtitle:
(1) May authorize:
(i) For protocols by a licensed physician and licensed pharmacist, the initiation of drug therapy under written, disease–state specific protocols;
(ii) The modification, continuation, and discontinuation of drug therapy under written, disease–state specific protocols;
(iii) The ordering of laboratory tests; and
(iv) Other patient care management measures related to monitoring or improving the outcomes of drug or device therapy; and
(2) May not authorize acts that exceed the scope of practice of the parties to the therapy management contract.
(b) A protocol shall prohibit the substitution of a chemically dissimilar drug product by the pharmacist for the product prescribed by the authorized prescriber, unless permitted in the therapy management contract.
(1) May authorize:
(i) For protocols by a licensed physician and licensed pharmacist, the initiation of drug therapy under written, disease–state specific protocols;
(ii) The modification, continuation, and discontinuation of drug therapy under written, disease–state specific protocols;
(iii) The ordering of laboratory tests; and
(iv) Other patient care management measures related to monitoring or improving the outcomes of drug or device therapy; and
(2) May not authorize acts that exceed the scope of practice of the parties to the therapy management contract.
(b) A protocol shall prohibit the substitution of a chemically dissimilar drug product by the pharmacist for the product prescribed by the authorized prescriber, unless permitted in the therapy management contract.
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