Sec. 08.80.337. Other patient care services.
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Sec. 08.80.337. Other patient care services.
(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.