OAR 855-019-0110
Definitions
(1)
“Clinical Pharmacy Agreement” means an agreement between a pharmacist or pharmacy and a health care organization or a physician that permits the pharmacist to engage in the practice of clinical pharmacy for the benefit of the patients of the health care organization or physician.(2)
“Collaborative Drug Therapy Management (CDTM)” has the same meaning as defined in OAR 855-006-0005 (Definitions).(3)
“Counseling” means an oral or other appropriate communication process between a pharmacist and a patient or a patient’s agent in which the pharmacist obtains information from the patient or patient’s agent, and, where appropriate, the patient’s pharmacy records, assesses that information and provides the patient or patient’s agent with professional advice regarding the safe and effective use of the drug or device for the purpose of assuring therapeutic appropriateness.(4)
“Drug Regimen Review (DRR)” means the process conducted by a pharmacist who is consulting for a long-term-care facility or other institution, either prior to dispensing or at a later time, with the goal of ensuring that optimal patient outcomes are achieved from the drug therapy.(5)
“Drug Utilization Review (DUR)” has the same meaning as defined in OAR 855-006-0005 (Definitions).(6)
“Medication Therapy Management (MTM)” means a distinct service or group of services that is intended to optimize therapeutic outcomes for individual patients. Medication Therapy Management services are independent of, but can occur in conjunction with, the provision of a medication product.(7)
“Practice of Clinical Pharmacy” means:(a)
The health science discipline in which, in conjunction with the patient’s other practitioners, a pharmacist provides patient care to optimize medication therapy and to promote disease prevention and the patient’s health and wellness;(b)
The provision of patient care services, including but not limited to post-diagnostic disease state management services; and(c)
The practice of pharmacy by a pharmacist pursuant to a clinical pharmacy agreement.(8)
“Practice of Pharmacy” is as defined in ORS 689.005 (Definitions).
Source:
Rule 855-019-0110 — Definitions, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=855-019-0110.