Key developments, including the creation of an infrastructure for statewide protocols in 2016 and a provider status bill, have expanded pharmacists’ scope of practice.
Oregon passed landmark legislation that requires payers to reimburse pharmacists for any clinical services within the state’s pharmacy scope of practice in 2015.
A decade ago, Rhode Island passed the first “statewide collaborative practice agreement,” allowing pharmacists to accept prescribing authority delegated to them by physicians.
