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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="12-6A-07" title_number="12" title_name="Pharmacists and Pharmacies" subtitle_number="6A" subtitle_name="Therapy Management Contracts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A therapy management contract shall apply only to conditions for which protocols have been agreed to by an authorized prescriber and a licensed pharmacist in accordance with the regulations adopted under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A therapy management contract shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A statement that none of the parties involved in the therapy management contract have been coerced, given economic incentives, excluding normal reimbursement for services rendered, or involuntarily required to participate;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Notice to the patient indicating:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>That the patient may terminate the therapy management contract at any time; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The procedure by which the patient may terminate the therapy management contract;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A procedure for periodic review by the authorized prescriber, of the drugs modified pursuant to the agreement or changed with the consent of the authorized prescriber; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Reference to a protocol, which will be provided to the patient on request.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A therapy management contract may be entered into in writing or orally.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a therapy management contract is entered into orally, the parties to the therapy management contract shall reduce the agreement to writing within 30 days after entering into the therapy management contract.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A therapy management contract may be in electronic form.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Any party to the therapy management contract may terminate the contract at any time.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board may assess a fee, as established in regulation, for approval of a pharmacist to enter into a prescriber–pharmacist agreement.</text>
  </level>
</section>
