As a result of House Joint Resolution 662, the Joint Commission on Health Care (JCHC) in late November and reviewed a report of policy options for pharmacists scope of practice as it relates to Collaborative Practice Agreements (CPAs), Standing Orders and Statewide Protocols. The commission unanimously adopted two options to recommend for legislation in the 2020 Regular Session. One would add independent practice nurse practitioners and physician assistants to the list of practitioners that could be a party to a CPA; the other is a request to the Boards of Pharmacy and Medicine to convene a workgroup to determine if statewide standing orders could be expanded to include other conditions, including CLIA-waived tests.
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