Sec. 1. 32 MRSA c. 117, sub-c. 12 is enacted to read:

SUBCHAPTER 12

COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE FOR EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION

§13821.__Short title

This subchapter is known and may be cited as "the Collaborative Practice for Emergency Contraception Act."

§13822.__Collaborative practice authorized

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensed pharmacist who has completed the training required in section 13823 may initiate emergency contraception drug therapy in accordance with standardized procedures or protocols developed by the pharmacist and an authorized prescriber who is acting within the prescriber's scope of practice.

§13823.__Training required

Prior to performing any procedure authorized under this chapter, a pharmacist must have completed a training program on emergency contraception, delivered by an entity authorized by a national council on pharmaceutical education, or another training program approved by the board.__The training program must include, but is not limited to, conduct of sensitive communications, quality assurance, referral to additional services and documentation.

§13824.__Provision of standardized fact sheet required

For each emergency contraception drug therapy initiated pursuant to this subchapter, the pharmacist shall provide the recipient of the emergency contraceptive drugs with a standardized fact sheet developed by the board that includes, but is not limited to, the indications for use of the drug, the appropriate method for using the drug, the need for medical follow-up and referral information, information on sexual assault and referral information and other appropriate information.

§13825.__Confidentiality

Nothing in this subchapter affects the provisions of law relating to maintaining the confidentiality of medical records.