California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 2 — Healing Arts, Chapter 5 — Medicine, Article 12 — Enforcement, Section 2242.2

Notwithstanding any other law, a physician and surgeon, a nurse practitioner acting within the scope of Section 2837.103 or 2837.104, a registered nurse acting in accordance with Section 2725.2, a certified nurse-midwife acting within the scope of Section 2746.51, a nurse practitioner acting within the scope of Section 2836.1, a physician assistant acting within the scope of Section 3502.1, and a pharmacist acting within the scope of Section 4052.3 may use a self-screening tool that will identify patient risk factors for the use of self-administered hormonal contraceptives by a patient, and, after an appropriate prior examination, prescribe, furnish, or dispense, as applicable, self-administered hormonal contraceptives to the patient. Blood pressure, weight, height, and patient health history may be self-reported using the self-screening tool that identifies patient risk factors.

Notes

Allows a physician and surgeon, qualifying nurse practitioners, a registered nurse, certified nurse-midwife, physician assistant, and pharmacist acting within their referenced scopes to use a self-screening tool for hormonal-contraceptive risk factors and, after an appropriate prior examination, prescribe, furnish, or dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives as applicable. Allows blood pressure, weight, height, and health history to be patient-reported through the tool.

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