§ 12-280-502. Therapeutic Interchange and Therapeutically Equivalent Selections for Nursing Care Facility or Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Patients – Rules

1. A pharmacy used by a nursing care facility or a long-term acute care hospital licensed under part 1 of article 3 of title 25 may make a therapeutic interchange or a therapeutically equivalent selection for a patient if, during the patient’s stay at the facility, the selection has been approved for the patient:
   1. In accordance with written guidelines and procedures for making therapeutic interchange or therapeutically equivalent selections, as maintained in a current and readily available manner at the dispensing prescription drug outlet and as developed by a quality assessment and assurance committee that includes a pharmacist licensed under this article 280 and is formed by the facility in accordance with 42 CFR 483.75; and
   2. By one of the following health-care providers:
      1. A physician licensed under article 240 of this title 12;
      2. A physician assistant licensed under section 12-240-113, if the physician assistant is under the supervision of a licensed physician; or
      3. An advanced practice registered nurse prescriber licensed as a professional nurse under section 12-255-110, registered as an advanced practice registered nurse under section 12-255-111, and authorized to prescribe controlled substances or prescription drugs pursuant to section 12-255-112.
2. The board may adopt rules as necessary to implement this part 5.

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1502, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (1)(b)(III) amended, (HB 20-1216), ch. 190, p. 882, § 31, effective July 1.

Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 12-42.5-502 as it existed prior to 2019.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 20-1216, see section 1 of chapter 190, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.