Maryland Health Occupations Section 12-6A-01
§ 12-6A-01.
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// SPECIAL NOTE: THE FOLLOWING SECTION WAS ADDED BY CHAPTER 249 OF 2002 AND WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MAY 31, 2008 //
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) (1) "Institutional facility" means a facility other than a nursing home whose primary purpose is to provide a physical environment for patients to obtain inpatient or emergency care.
(2) "Institutional facility" does not include an urgent care facility that is not part of a facility.
(c) "Licensed physician" means an individual who is licensed to practice medicine under Title 14 of this article.
(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.
