Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB838: State Board of Pharmacy - Prescriber-Pharmacist Agreements
Status: Signed into law, April 14, 2026
Authorizing licensed certified midwives to enter into therapy management contracts; repealing a requirement that authorized prescribers submit prescriber-pharmacist agreements to the health occupations board that regulates the authorized prescriber; authorizing pharmacists, under certain circumstances, to enter into prescriber-pharmacist agreements that authorize the pharmacist to treat an opioid use disorder using controlled dangerous substances drug therapy; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning State Board of Pharmacy - Prescriber-Pharmacist Agreements FOR the purpose of authorizing licensed certified midwives to enter into therapy management contracts; repealing a requirement that authorized prescribers submit prescriber-pharmacist agreements to the health occupations board that regulates the authorized prescriber; authorizing pharmacists, under certain circumstances, to enter into prescriber-pharmacist agreements that authorize the pharmacist to treat an opioid use disorder using controlled dangerous substances drug therapy…
From the enrolled text, April 21, 2026:
AN ACT concerning State Board of Pharmacy - Prescriber-Pharmacist Agreements FOR the purpose of authorizing licensed certified midwives to enter into therapy management contracts; repealing a requirement that authorized prescribers submit prescriber-pharmacist agreements to the health occupations board that regulates the authorized prescriber; authorizing pharmacists, under certain circumstances, to enter into prescriber-pharmacist agreements that authorize the pharmacist to treat an opioid use disorder using controlled dangerous substances drug therapy; requiring that a protocol that authorizes controlled dangerous substances drug therapy require a pharmacist to request certain data from the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program before initiating or modifying a controlled dangerous substances therapy; and generally relating to prescriber-pharmacist agreements. BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Health Occupations Section 12-6A-01(a) Annotated Code of Maryland (2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Health Occupations Section 12-6A-01(b), 12-6A-03, 12-6A-04, and 12-6A-06 Annotated Code of Maryland (2021 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Health Occupations 12-6A-01. (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) "Authorized prescriber" means a licensed physician, licensed podiatrist, CERTIFIED MIDWIFE LICENSED UNDER TITLE 8, SUBTITLE 6D OF THIS ARTICLE, or certified advanced practice nurse with prescriptive authority under …