LAC 46:XLV.7421. Duties and Responsibilities

A. The advisory committee is authorized by the board to assist by: 1. providing advice and recommendations to the board respecting the modification, amendment, and supplementation of its rules concerning physicians who engage in collaborative drug therapy management; 2. serving as a liaison between and among the board, physicians and pharmacists who engage in collaborative drug therapy management; and 3. identifying and recommending to the board acceptable certificate programs and other advanced training or programs in the areas of practice covered by collaborative drug therapy management. B. In discharging the functions authorized under this Section the advisory committee and the individual members thereof shall, when acting within the scope of such authority, be deemed agents of the board. All information obtained by the advisory committee members pursuant to this Section shall be considered confidential. Advisory committee members are prohibited from communication, disclosing, or in any way releasing to anyone any information or documents obtained when acting as agents of the board without first obtaining the written authorization of the board.