{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-25-26-25-5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 25-26-25-5","heading":"Standing order; requirements","body":"Sec. 5. (a) The state health commissioner or designated public health authority shall issue a standing order that concerns standard procedures for the prescribing of hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered hormonal contraceptives by pharmacists and that is effective until the board adopts rules under this chapter.\n(b) Before issuing a standing order under subsection (a), the state health commissioner or designated public health authority shall:\n(1) consult with appropriate medical experts; and\n(2) receive approval of the medical licensing board of Indiana.\n(c) The standing order issued under this section must require a pharmacist who elects to prescribe hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered hormonal contraceptives to do the following:\n(1) Complete a training program approved by the board that is related to prescribing hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered hormonal contraceptives. The board may adopt a training program developed by another state.\n(2) Provide a self-screening risk assessment tool that the woman must use before the pharmacist's prescribing of the hormonal contraceptive patch or self-administered hormonal contraceptive.\n(3) Refer the woman to a primary care practitioner or the women's health care practitioner upon prescribing and dispensing the hormonal contraceptive patch or self-administered hormonal contraceptive.\n(4) Provide the woman with a written record of the hormonal contraceptive patch or the self-administered hormonal contraceptive prescribed and dispensed and advise the woman to consult with a primary care practitioner or women's health care practitioner.\n(5) If the pharmacist works at a site which, in the regular course of business, has a provider who is a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant who is available to deliver patient care and who is capable of prescribing the hormonal contraceptive patch or self-administered hormonal contraceptive, suggest that the woman see the provider.\n(6) Administer the screening protocols before issuing each prescription for a hormonal contraceptive patch or self-administered hormonal contraceptive.\n(7) Provide that a prescription for a contraceptive patch or self-administered hormonal contraceptive may not be for more than a six (6) month period and that the pharmacist may not issue a prescription to the woman after twelve (12) months unless the woman has been seen by a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant in the previous twelve (12) month period.","path":["TITLE 25. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","ARTICLE 26. PHARMACISTS, PHARMACIES, DRUG STORES","Chapter 25. Hormonal Contraceptives"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_25.html#25-26-25-5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-10-06T20:43:28Z","sha256":"5f98a7ae5cba6845b83ed7e2f6b0b5baa2e86c54223b377fb60115e72cba56e9","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-25-26-25-4","next":"us-in/ic-25-26-25-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}