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Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2020 Oct 29;103(2):66–74. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2020.10.012

Table 1.

States permitting pharmacist-prescribed contraception.a

State Year authority in effect Prescriptive authority Methods Ages
Washington 1979 * No restrictions specified No restrictions specified
California 2016 SP Pill, patch, ring, injectable All
Oregon 2016 SP Pill, patch, ring, injectable All
Colorado 2017 SP Pill, patch 18+
Hawaii 2017 (signed) SP Pill, patch, ring, injectable All
New Mexico 2017 SP Pill, patch, ring, injectable All
Tennessee 2018 CPA Pill, patch 18+, or emancipated minors
Utah 2018 SP Pill, patch, ring 18+
Idaho 2019 * No restrictions specified No restrictions specified
Maryland 2019 SP Pill, patch, ring, injectable All
New Hampshire 2019 SP Pill, patch, ring All
Washington, D.C. 2019 SP Pill, patch, ring All
West Virginia 2019 SP Pill, patch, ring, injectable 18+
Minnesota 2020 SP Pill, patch, ring 18+, or <18 with a previous prescription from a non-pharmacist provider
Virginia 2020 SP Pill, patch, ring, injectable 18+

SP = Statewide Protocol.

CPA = Collaborative Practice Agreement.

*

These states do not have legislation specific to hormonal contraception (HC), but allow pharmacist-prescribed HC through a broad CPA (Washington) or restricted prescriptive authority for pharmacists (Idaho).

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