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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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S.B. 676
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(D) "PHYSICIAN-PHARMACIST AGREEMENT" MEANS AN APPROVED
AGREEMENT BETWEEN A LICENSED PHYSICIAN AND A LICENSED PHARMACIST THAT
IS DISEASE-STATE SPECIFIC AND SPECIFIES THE PROTOCOLS THAT MAY BE USED.
(E) "PROTOCOL" MEANS A COURSE OF TREATMENT PREDETERMINED BY THE
LICENSED PHYSICIAN AND LICENSED PHARMACIST ACCORDING TO GENERALLY
ACCEPTED MEDICAL PRACTICE FOR THE PROPER COMPLETION OF A PARTICULAR
THERAPEUTIC OR DIAGNOSTIC INTERVENTION.
(F) (1) "THERAPY MANAGEMENT CONTRACT" MEANS A VOLUNTARY,
WRITTEN ARRANGEMENT THAT IS DISEASE-STATE SPECIFIC SIGNED BY EACH PARTY
TO THE ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN:
(I) ONE LICENSED PHARMACIST AND THE LICENSED
PHARMACIST'S DESIGNATED ALTERNATE LICENSED PHARMACISTS;
(II) ONE LICENSED PHYSICIAN AND ALTERNATE DESIGNATED
LICENSED PHYSICIANS INVOLVED DIRECTLY IN PATIENT CARE; AND
(III) ONE PATIENT RECEIVING CARE FROM A LICENSED PHYSICIAN
AND A' LICENSED PHARMACIST PURSUANT TO A PHYSICIAN-PHARMACIST
AGREEMENT AND PROTOCOL UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.
(2) A THERAPY MANAGEMENT CONTRACT SHALL BE RELATED TO
TREATMENT USING DRUG THERAPY, LABORATORY TESTS, OR MEDICAL DEVICES,
UNDER DEFINED CONDITIONS OR LIMITATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING
PATIENT OUTCOMES.
12-6A-02.
A THERAPY MANAGEMENT CONTRACT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE
MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS IN AN INSTITUTIONAL FACILITY.
12-6A-03.
(A) A LICENSED PHYSICIAN AND A LICENSED PHARMACIST WHO WISH TO
ENTER INTO THERAPY MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS SHALL HAVE A
PHYSICIAN-PHARMACIST AGREEMENT THAT IS APPROVED BY- THE BOARD OF
PHARMACY AND THE BOARD OF PHYSICIAN QUALITY ASSURANCE.
(B) THE BOARD OF PHYSICIAN QUALITY ASSURANCE AND THE BOARD OF
PHARMACY MAY NOT APPROVE A PHYSICIAN-PHARMACIST AGREEMENT IF THE
BOARDS FIND THERE IS:
(1) INADEQUATE TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, OR EDUCATION OF THE
PHYSICIANS OR PHARMACISTS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROTOCOL OR PROTOCOLS
SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT; OR
(2) A FAILURE TO SATISFY REQUIREMENTS OF:
(I) THIS TITLE OR TITLE 14 OF THIS ARTICLE; OR
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