- (a) A pharmacist may, under a collaborative practice agreement with a written protocol approved by a practitioner, provide patient care services.
(b) A pharmacist may independently provide patient care services for
- (1) general health and wellness;
- (2) disease prevention; or
(3) a condition that
- (A) is minor and generally self limiting;
- (B) has a test that is used to guide diagnosis or clinical decision-making and the test is waived under 42 U.S.C. 263a (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988); or
- (C) falls under a statewide standing order from the chief medical officer in the Department of Health.
- (c) This section does not authorize a pharmacist to prescribe a prescription drug that the pharmacist is not otherwise authorized to prescribe.
- (d) In this section, “patient care services” means medical care services given in exchange for compensation intended to achieve outcomes related to the cure or prevention of a disease, elimination or reduction of a patient's symptoms, or arresting or slowing of a disease process.