§ 32-1979.01 — Self-administered hormonal contraceptives; requirements; rules; immunity; definition

Arizona § 32-1979.01

• Jurisdiction: Arizona
• Title 32: Arizona Revised Statutes
• Ch. 18: PHARMACY
• Art. 3: Regulation

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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.

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.