Protocol · PharmD · Idaho
Practice Protocol for Pharmacists in Idaho
Required. Idaho law names the instrument a Written Collaborative Pharmacy Practice Agreement, and the clinical protocol is the content that instrument carries. Below: the board that governs it, what it must contain, and the terms it has to carry.
Represents Idaho's collaborative pharmacy practice tier (authorized since at least 1998), not ordinary licensure — base dispensing and Idaho's separate independent pharmacist-prescribing rules (IDAPA 24.36.01.350, for specific drug categories) are out of scope here. No independence pathway away from the CPA itself was found.
What an Idaho Written Collaborative Pharmacy Practice Agreement must contain
Governed by the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy. Each numbered item is a statutory requirement the Written Collaborative Pharmacy Practice Agreement must satisfy.
The Pharmacist may select, initiate, or modify a patient's drug therapy ("drug therapy management") pursuant to a written collaborative pharmacy practice agreement with the Physician, as provided by Idaho Code § 54-1705. The agreement shall identify the parties, the Pharmacist's authorized scope of practice, and any monitoring parameters clinically warranted.
Source: Idaho Code § 54-1705
Idaho law does not require the agreement to be filed with the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy in advance, but the Parties shall keep an accessible copy and produce it to the Board upon request.
- The Written Collaborative Pharmacy Practice Agreement also carries 1 registration clauses, authored in the document itself.
Statutes and rules these clauses cite
- Idaho Code § 54-1705statute
Defines 'collaborative pharmacy practice,' 'collaborative pharmacy practice agreement,' and 'drug therapy management' (selecting, initiating, or modifying drug treatment pursuant to such an agreement).
Terms it has to carry
Ratio, proximity, chart review, meeting and prescribing terms the Written Collaborative Pharmacy Practice Agreement has to carry, from Idaho's supervision rules.
Proximity
Not codified — left to the agreement
Supervision ratio
Not codified — no cap on file
Chart review
Not codified — left to the agreement
Meeting cadence
Not codified — left to the agreement
Prescriptive authority
Covered by the practice agreement · controlled substances permitted
May provide patient care and drug-therapy-management services under a written collaborative practice agreement with one or more prescribers (IDAPA 24.36.01). Controlled-substance schedule limits within a CPA are not stated in the rule.
Written agreement
Required
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Non-licensee ownership permitted — Idaho's Board of Pharmacy rules do not require pharmacist ownership of the permit-holding entity; a licensed pharmacist-in-charge retains professional control over dispensing.
Based on IDAPA 24.36.01; confirm the current text before relying on the breadth of ownership it allows.
Sources for the supervision rules (2)
About Idaho's rules
Idaho APRNs (NP, CRNA, CNM, CNS) have full independent practice authority. The Idaho Board of Medicine formally disavowed corporate-practice-of-medicine enforcement in March 2016, so physicians, NPs, PAs and non-licensees may generally co-own a standard business entity as long as licensed professionals deliver the care.
Other clinicians in Idaho: see the state overview.