§ 12-6A-06. Protocols

   (a) Authorized acts. -- A protocol under this subtitle:

   (1) May authorize:

      (i) The modification, continuation, and discontinuation of drug therapy under written, disease-state specific protocols;

      (ii) The ordering of laboratory tests; and

      (iii) 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) Prohibited acts. -- A protocol shall prohibit the substitution of a chemically dissimilar drug product by the pharmacist for the product prescribed by the physician, unless permitted in the therapy management contract.

HISTORY: 2002, ch. 249; 2010, chs. 44, 45.