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Collaborative Pharmacy Practice and Statewide Protocols

Collaborative practice in Colorado has two broad categories.

  1. Collaborative Practice Agreements
    1. Law - Part 6 of the Pharmacists, Pharmacy Business, and Pharmaceuticals Practice Act.
    2. Rules - Board Rule 17.00.
    3. Collaborative Drug Therapy Management (CDTM)
      • “Collaborative drug therapy management” (CDTM) is a collaborative practice agreement involving a higher level of disease complexity and/or decision making.
      • Rule 17 has specific sections that apply only to CDTM.
           d. Potential reimbursement: CO Provider Status and Payment for Services
           e. Training and Resources
      • Sample templates 
  1. Statewide Protocols (SWP)
    1. Law Part 6 of the Pharmacists, Pharmacy Business, and Pharmaceuticals Practice Act.
    2. Rules - 17.00.50
    3. Appendices
      1. Hormonal contraception
      2. Smoking cessation
      3. PrEP/PEP
      4. Statin therapy
    4. Potential reimbursement: CO Provider Status and Payment for Services
    5. Training and Resources
      1. Statewide Protocol CPS Training and Resources Webpage