{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-48-803.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 48-803.01","heading":"Generically equivalent drug formulary; therapeutic interchange list.","body":"(a)\nThe formulary of generically equivalent drug products for the District of Columbia shall be the chemical and generic drugs contained in the Food and Drug Administration publication, “Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations,” including all updates issued by the Food and Drug Administration (“Orange Book”).\n\n(b)\nThe Boards of Pharmacy and Medicine may jointly establish a therapeutic interchange list.\n\n(c)\nIf a therapeutic interchange list is established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section:\n(1)\nThe Boards of Pharmacy and Medicine shall:\n(A)\nRevise or supplement the therapeutic interchange list as necessary;\n(B)\nEstablish procedures to allow a prescriber to consent to the substitution of therapeutically equivalent drug products without prior approval based on the therapeutic interchange list; provided, that a prescriber be allowed to limit authorization to specific conditions or patients and that no prescriber be required for any reason to consent to participation in the therapeutic interchange list; and\n(C)\nEstablish and maintain a database, searchable in real time, of those prescribers who have consented to use of the therapeutic interchange list, including any restrictions based on specific conditions or patients; and\n(2)\nThe Department of Health shall distribute the therapeutic interchange list to all pharmacies licensed in the District and shall publish it regularly in the District of Columbia Register.\n\n(d)\nThe Board of Pharmacy and the Board of Medicine shall maintain a link on their websites to the current list of biological products determined by the FDA to be interchangeable with a specific biological product.","path":["Title 48. Foods and Drugs.","Chapter 8. Prescription Drug Price Information.","Subchapter III. Substitution of Therapeutically Equivalent Drugs."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/48-803.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"2e9509da52348bef43ee600d3666cc6b6ba2a5eec988106719dcc91a9f6a3c3f","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-48-802.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-48-803.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}