Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 3 - Practice › Chapter 74 - Collaborative Drug Therapy Management › Subchapter A - General Provisions › Section XLV-7403 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in this Chapter, unless the content clearly
						states otherwise, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings
						specified.
Board
- the Louisiana State Board of
						Medical Examiners, as constituted in the Medical Practice Act.
Collaborative Drug Therapy Advisory
						Committee
or
Advisory Committee
- the Louisiana State
						Board of Medical Examiners'
Collaborative Drug Therapy Advisory
						Committee
, as constituted under
						§7417 of this Chapter.
Collaborative Drug Therapy Management
or
Drug Therapy Management
- that practice in which a pharmacist
						voluntarily agrees with a physician to manage the disease specific drug therapy
						of one or more patients of such physician, within a predetermined range of
						medication selected by the physician and set forth in a patient specific
						written order set .
Drug therapy management
shall be limited
						to:
a. monitoring and modifying a disease specific drug
						therapy;
b. collecting and reviewing patient history;
c. obtaining and reviewing vital signs, including pulse,
						temperature, blood pressure and respiration;
d. ordering, evaluating, and applying the results of
						laboratory tests directly related to the disease specific drug therapy being
						managed under an order set, provided such tests do not require the pharmacist
						to interpret such testing or formulate a diagnosis; and
e. providing disease or condition specific patient
						education and counseling.
Controlled Substance
- any substance
						defined, enumerated, or included in federal or state statute or regulations
						21 CFR
						1308.11 -.15 or
						R.S.
						40:964, or any substance which may hereafter
						be designated as a
controlled substance
by amendment or
						supplementation of such regulations or statute.
Disease Specific Drug Therapy
- a
						specific drug(s) prescribed by a physician for a specific patient of such
						physician that is generally accepted within the standard of care for the
						treatment of the disease or condition.
Drug
- a legend
drug
.
Drugs of Concern
- a drug that is not a
						controlled substance but which is nevertheless defined and identified, in
						accordance with the procedures established by the Louisiana Prescription
						Monitoring Program Act, R.S. 40:1001-1014, as a drug with the potential for
						abuse.
Legend Drug
- for purposes of this
						Chapter, any drug bearing on the label of the manufacturer or distributor as
						required by the Food and Drug Administration, the statement "Caution: Federal
						law prohibits dispensing without a prescription" or "Rx Only." For purposes of
						this Chapter,
legend drugs
do not include controlled
						substances.
Medical Practice Act
or
the
						Act
- R.S. 37:1261-92 as may be amended from time to time.
Medication
- except in these rules where
						its use may indicate otherwise, is synonymous with
drug
, as
						defined herein.
Order Set
- a written set of directives
						or instructions containing each of the components specified by
						§7429 of this Chapter for collaborative
						drug therapy management of disease specific drug therapy for a specific
						patient. The order set shall be signed by the physician and represents the
						physician orders for the collaborative drug therapy management to be provided
						to the patient.
Pharmacist
- for purposes of this Chapter
						an individual who has a current, unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in
						this state duly issued by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, who is approved by
						the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy to engage in collaborative practice for a
						specific disease or condition based on the pharmacist's training and
						experience.
Physician
- an individual lawfully
						entitled to engage in the practice of medicine in this state as evidenced by a
						current, unrestricted license duly issued by the board.
Prescribe
- a request or order
						transmitted in writing, orally, electronically or by other means of
						telecommunication for a drug that is issued in good faith, in the usual course
						of professional practice and for a legitimate medical purpose, by a physician
						for the purpose of correcting a physical, mental, or bodily ailment of his/her
						patient.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with
						R.S.
						37:1270(A)(1), 1270(B)(6)
						and
						37:1164(37).