Arizona Laws 32-1979.01. Self-administered hormonal contraceptives; requirements; rules; immunity; definition
A. A pharmacist may dispense a self-administered hormonal contraceptive to a patient who is at least eighteen years of age pursuant to a standing prescription drug order made in accordance with subsection B of this section and without any other patient-specific prescription drug order.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1979.01
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Dispense: means to deliver to an ultimate user or research subject by or pursuant to the lawful order of a practitioner, including prescribing, administering, packaging, labeling or compounding as necessary to prepare for that delivery. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Drug: means :
(a) Articles that are recognized, or for which standards or specifications are prescribed, in the official compendium. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation and association, and their duly authorized agents. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Pharmacist: means an individual who is currently licensed by the board to practice the profession of pharmacy in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Practitioner: means any physician, dentist, veterinarian, scientific investigator or other person who is licensed, registered or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state, or any pharmacy, hospital or other institution that is licensed, registered or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Prescription: means either a prescription order or a prescription medication. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. A prescriber who is licensed to prescribe a self-administered hormonal contraceptive, including a person acting in the prescriber’s capacity as an employee of the department of health services or a county health department, may issue a standing prescription drug order authorizing the dispensing of a self-administered hormonal contraceptive. This subsection does not create a duty to act or standard of care for an employee of the department of health services to issue a standing order for a hormonal contraceptive.
C. The board, in conjunction with the department of health services and in consultation with a national professional organization specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, shall adopt rules to establish standard procedures for pharmacists to dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives pursuant to this section. The standard procedures shall require a pharmacist to do both of the following:
1. Obtain a completed nationally recognized self-screening risk assessment from each patient before dispensing the self-administered hormonal contraceptive to the patient.
2. Provide the patient with information about the self-administered hormonal contraceptive that is dispensed to the patient.
D. A pharmacist or prescriber acting reasonably and in good faith in dispensing or prescribing a self-administered hormonal contraceptive pursuant to this section is not liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from dispensing that self-administered hormonal contraceptive.
E. All state and federal laws governing insurance coverage of contraceptive drugs, devices, products and services apply to self-administered hormonal contraceptives that are prescribed and dispensed pursuant to this section.
F. This section does not apply to a valid patient-specific prescription for a hormonal contraceptive that is issued by an authorized prescriber and dispensed by a pharmacist pursuant to that valid prescription.
G. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Primary care provider" means a physician who is licensed pursuant to chapter 13, 14 or 17 of this title, a nurse practitioner who is licensed pursuant to chapter 15 of this title or a physician assistant who is licensed pursuant to chapter 25 of this title.
2. "Self-administered hormonal contraceptive":
(a) Means a self-administered hormonal contraceptive that is approved by the United States food and drug administration to prevent pregnancy.
(b) Includes an oral hormonal contraceptive, a hormonal contraceptive vaginal ring and a hormonal contraceptive patch.