Ala. Admin. Code r. 540-X-26-.05 - Limitations
(1) The scope of an
Agreement shall NOT include:
(a) Any person or
patient of a Collaborating Physician for whom such Collaborating Physician has
not prepared a patient-specific, drug- or drug class-specific,
disease-specific, or condition-specific plan of care based on a physical
examination of the patient by the Collaborating Physician within the past
twelve (12) months, with the exception of immunizations and screening or
testing which do not require such patient-specific plans, as well as the
dispensing of opioid antagonists as defined in Ala. Code §
20-2-280;
or
(b) The prescribing of
controlled substances listed or to be listed in the schedules under federal law
and in Ala. Code §§
20-2-23,
20-2-25,
20-2-27,
20-2-29,
and
20-2-31
and/or Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-7-2 and its Appendix.
(2) No retail pharmacy may employ a physician
for the purpose of maintaining, establishing, or entering into a collaborative
practice agreement. Nothing shall prohibit a retail pharmacy from hiring a
physician or licensed medical practitioner for the purpose of conducting
quality assurance reviews of its pharmacists that are engaged in the practice
of collaborative drug therapy.
Notes
Author: Alabama Board of Medical Examiners
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-24-53; Act 2019-368 (Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-23-77) .
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