{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-32-1979.01","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 32-1979.01","heading":"Self-administered hormonal contraceptives; requirements; rules; immunity; definition","body":"A. A pharmacist may dispense a self-administered hormonal contraceptive to a patient who is at least eighteen years of age pursuant to a standing prescription drug order made in accordance with subsection B of this section and without any other patient-specific prescription drug order.\n\nB. A prescriber who is licensed to prescribe a self-administered hormonal contraceptive, including a person acting in the prescriber's capacity as an employee of the department of health services or a county health department, may issue a standing prescription drug order authorizing the dispensing of a self-administered hormonal contraceptive. This subsection does not create a duty to act or standard of care for an employee of the department of health services to issue a standing order for a hormonal contraceptive.\n\nC. The board, in conjunction with the department of health services and in consultation with a national professional organization specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, shall adopt rules to establish standard procedures for pharmacists to dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives pursuant to this section. The standard procedures shall require a pharmacist to do both of the following:\n\n1. Obtain a completed nationally recognized self-screening risk assessment from each patient before dispensing the self-administered hormonal contraceptive to the patient.\n\n2. Provide the patient with information about the self-administered hormonal contraceptive that is dispensed to the patient.\n\nD. A pharmacist or prescriber acting reasonably and in good faith in dispensing or prescribing a self-administered hormonal contraceptive pursuant to this section is not liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from dispensing that self-administered hormonal contraceptive.\n\nE. All state and federal laws governing insurance coverage of contraceptive drugs, devices, products and services apply to self-administered hormonal contraceptives that are prescribed and dispensed pursuant to this section.\n\nF. This section does not apply to a valid patient-specific prescription for a hormonal contraceptive that is issued by an authorized prescriber and dispensed by a pharmacist pursuant to that valid prescription.\n\nG. For the purposes of this section:\n\n1. \"Primary care provider\" means a physician who is licensed pursuant to chapter 13, 14 or 17 of this title, a nurse practitioner who is licensed pursuant to chapter 15 of this title or a physician assistant who is licensed pursuant to chapter 25 of this title.\n\n2. \"Self-administered hormonal contraceptive\":\n\n(a) Means a self-administered hormonal contraceptive that is approved by the United States food and drug administration to prevent pregnancy.\n\n(b) Includes an oral hormonal contraceptive, a hormonal contraceptive vaginal ring and a hormonal contraceptive patch.","path":["Title 32 Professions and Occupations"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01979-01.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"229371593f1c21f6ac72378cfdac1d7a6d83c10e2779bd4bd284ca5a48577f4e","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-32-1979","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-32-1979.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}