{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-12-280-502","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 12-280-502","heading":"Therapeutic interchange and therapeutically equivalent selections for nursing care facility or long-term acute care hospital patients - rules.","body":"(1) A pharmacy used by a nursing care facility or a long-term acute care hospital licensed under part 1 of article 3 of title 25 may make a therapeutic interchange or a therapeutically equivalent selection for a patient if, during the patient's stay at the facility, the selection has been approved for the patient:\n\n(a) In accordance with written guidelines and procedures for making therapeutic interchange or therapeutically equivalent selections, as maintained in a current and readily available manner at the dispensing prescription drug outlet and as developed by a quality assessment and assurance committee that includes a pharmacist licensed under this article 280 and is formed by the facility in accordance with 42 CFR 483.75; and\n\n(b) By one of the following health-care providers:\n\n(I) A physician licensed under article 240 of this title 12;\n\n(II) A physician assistant licensed under section 12-240-113; or\n\n(III) An advanced practice registered nurse prescriber licensed as a professional nurse under section 12-255-110, registered as an advanced practice registered nurse under section 12-255-111, and authorized to prescribe controlled substances or prescription drugs pursuant to section 12-255-112.\n\n(2) The board may adopt rules as necessary to implement this part 5.","path":["Title 12 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","Article 280 - Pharmacists, Pharmacy Businesses, and Pharmaceuticals","Part 5 - THERAPEUTIC INTERCHANGE AND THERAPEUTICALLY EQUIVALENT SELECTIONS"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-12.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"d6eea41f43054021ce3dac21b7e1d52c26d144c70c978bb3edba051ca9494224","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-12-280-501","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-12-280-601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}