2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Health Care
Article 42.5 - Pharmacists, Pharmacy Businesses, and Pharmaceuticals
Part 5 - Therapeutic Interchange and Therapeutically Equivalent Selections
§ 12-42.5-502. Therapeutic interchange and therapeutically equivalent selections for nursing care facility or long-term acute care hospital patients - rules

(1) A pharmacy used by a nursing care facility or a long-term acute care hospital licensed under part 1 of article 3 of title 25, C.R.S., may make a therapeutic interchange or a therapeutically equivalent selection for a patient if, during the patient's stay at the facility, the selection has been approved for the patient:

(a) In accordance with written guidelines and procedures for making therapeutic interchange or therapeutically equivalent selections, as maintained in a current and readily available manner at the dispensing prescription drug outlet and as developed by a quality assessment and assurance committee that includes a pharmacist licensed under this article and is formed by the facility in accordance with 42 CFR 483.75 (o); and

(b) By one of the following health care providers:

(I) A physician licensed under article 36 of this title;

(II) A physician assistant licensed under section 12-36-107.4, if the physician assistant is under the supervision of a licensed physician; or

(III) An advanced practice nurse prescriber licensed as a professional nurse under section 12-38-111, registered as an advanced practice nurse under section 12-38-111.5, and authorized to prescribe controlled substances or prescription drugs pursuant to section 12-38-111.6, if the advanced practice nurse prescriber has developed an articulated plan to maintain ongoing collaboration with physicians and other health care professionals.

(2) The board may adopt rules as necessary to implement this part 5.