Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 6A - Therapy Management Contracts
Section 12-6A-06 - Protocols

(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.

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