Md. Code Ann., Ins. § 15-1614
Pharmacy and therapeutics committee members
Effective Oct 1, 2008Added by Acts 2008, c. 279, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008. Amended by Acts 2008, c. 36, § 6, eff. April 8, 2008.State of Maryland
(a)
(1) A pharmacy and therapeutics committee shall:
- (i) include clinical specialists that represent the needs of a purchaser's beneficiaries; and
- (ii) include at least one practicing pharmacist and one practicing physician who are independent of any developer or manufacturer of prescription drugs.
- (2) A majority of the members of a pharmacy and therapeutics committee shall be practicing physicians or practicing pharmacists.
- (b) Each member of a pharmacy and therapeutics committee shall sign a conflict of interest statement updated at least annually disclosing any economic interest or relationship that could influence the pharmacy and therapeutics committee's decisions.
Added by Acts 2008, c. 279, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008. Amended by Acts 2008, c. 36, § 6, eff. April 8, 2008.