Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Title 18. Professional and Occupational Licensing |
Agency 110. Board of Pharmacy |
Chapter 40. Regulations Governing Collaborative Practice Agreements |
Section 20. Signed authorization for an agreement
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A. The signatories to an agreement shall be a practitioner involved directly in patient care and a pharmacist involved directly in patient care. Within the agreement, the pharmacist may designate alternate pharmacists, provided the alternates are involved directly in patient care at a single physical location where patients receive services.
B. An agreement shall only be implemented for an individual patient pursuant to an order from the practitioner for that patient. Documented informed consent from the patient shall be obtained by the practitioner who authorizes the patient to participate in the agreement or by the pharmacist who is also a party to the agreement.
1. The patient may decline to participate or withdraw from participation at any time.
2. Prior to giving consent to participate, the patient shall be informed by the practitioner or the pharmacist of the cooperative procedures that will be used pursuant to an agreement, and such discussion shall be documented in the patient record.
3. As part of the informed consent, the practitioner and the pharmacist shall provide written disclosure to the patient of any contractual arrangement with any other party or any financial incentive that may impact one of the party's decisions to participate in the agreement.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 17, Issue 07, eff. January 17, 2001; amended, Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 03, eff. November 14, 2007; Volume 30, Issue 15, eff. April 23, 2014.
Statutory Authority
§§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3300.1 of the Code of Virginia.