District Of Columbia § 48-803.01 - Generically equivalent drug formulary; therapeutic interchange list.
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§ 48-803.01. Generically equivalent drug formulary; therapeutic interchange list.
48-803.01The formulary of generically equivalent drug products for the District of Columbia shall be the chemical and generic drugs contained in the Food and Drug Administration publication, “Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations,” including all updates issued by the Food and Drug Administration (“Orange Book”).
The Boards of Pharmacy and Medicine may jointly establish a therapeutic interchange list.
If a therapeutic interchange list is established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section:
The Boards of Pharmacy and Medicine shall:
Revise or supplement the therapeutic interchange list as necessary;
Establish procedures to allow a prescriber to consent to the substitution of therapeutically equivalent drug products without prior approval based on the therapeutic interchange list; provided, that a prescriber be allowed to limit authorization to specific conditions or patients and that no prescriber be required for any reason to consent to participation in the therapeutic interchange list; and
Establish and maintain a database, searchable in real time, of those prescribers who have consented to use of the therapeutic interchange list, including any restrictions based on specific conditions or patients; and
The Department of Health shall distribute the therapeutic interchange list to all pharmacies licensed in the District and shall publish it regularly in the District of Columbia Register.
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