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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="12-6A-10" title_number="12" title_name="Pharmacists and Pharmacies" subtitle_number="6A" subtitle_name="Therapy Management Contracts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Board, together with the Board of Physicians and in consultation with the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners and the Board of Nursing, shall jointly develop and adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The regulations adopted under subsection (a) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall include provisions that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Define the criteria for prescriber–pharmacist agreements; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Establish guidelines concerning the use of protocols, including communication, documentation, and other relevant factors; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May not require a health occupations board to approve a prescriber–pharmacist agreement or the protocols specified in a prescriber–pharmacist agreement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
