10099.1 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meanings ascribed:

Act - the Collaborative Care Expansion Amendment Act of 2012, effective October 22, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-0185; 60 DCR 7591 (May 31, 2013)).

Collaborative practice agreement- means a voluntary written agreement between a licensed pharmacist and a licensed physician that has been approved by the Board of Pharmacy and the Board of Medicine, or between a licensed pharmacist and another health practitioner with independent prescriptive authority licensed by a District health occupation board, that defines the scope of practice between the licensed pharmacist and licensed physician, or other health practitioner, for the initiation, modification, or discontinuation of a drug therapy regimen.

Institutional facility- means any organization whose primary purpose is to provide a physical environment for patients to obtain health care services, including a(n):

1. (1) Hospital;

2. (2) Convalescent home;

3. (3) Nursing home;

4. (4) Extended care facility;

5. (5) Mental health facility;

6. (6) Rehabilitation center;

7. (7) Psychiatric center;

8. (8) Developmental disability center;

9. (9) Substance use disorder treatment center;

10. (10) Family planning clinic;

11. (11) Correctional institution;

12. (12) Hospice;

13. (13) Public health facility.

Institutional facility practice protocol – means a written plan, policy, procedure, or agreement that authorizes drug therapy management between pharmacists and physicians within an institutional facility setting as developed and determined by the institutional facility’s P and T Committee, the institutional facility’s medical staff executive committee, or the institutional facility’s medical director.

Physician- a person holding a degree in medicine (MD) or osteopathy (DO).

Standard of Care- the course of action that other prudent and well-trained health

professionals in the same field of practice would customarily take under the same or similar circumstances.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 8528 (August 17, 2018).