§ 12-6A-06. Protocols

MD Health Occ Code § 12-6A-06 (2019) (N/A)
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(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.