PharmD · Idaho
Collaborative Drug Therapy Management for Pharmacists in Idaho
Yes, a written agreement with a physician is required before you manage drug therapy. Idaho calls it a Written Collaborative Pharmacy Practice Agreement.
Represents Idaho's collaborative pharmacy practice tier (authorized since at least 1998), not ordinary licensure — base dispensing and Idaho's separate independent pharmacist-prescribing rules (IDAPA 24.36.01.350, for specific drug categories) are out of scope here. No independence pathway away from the CPA itself was found.
What the collaboration must look like
The rules the physician relationship has to follow. Each fact comes from the statute or board rule listed under sources.
Proximity
Not codified — left to the agreement
Supervision ratio
Not codified — no cap on file
Chart review
Not codified — left to the agreement
Meeting cadence
Not codified — left to the agreement
Prescriptive authority
Covered by the practice agreement · controlled substances permitted
May provide patient care and drug-therapy-management services under a written collaborative practice agreement with one or more prescribers (IDAPA 24.36.01). Controlled-substance schedule limits within a CPA are not stated in the rule.
Written agreement
Required
Practice ownership (corporate practice of medicine)
Non-licensee ownership permitted — Idaho's Board of Pharmacy rules do not require pharmacist ownership of the permit-holding entity; a licensed pharmacist-in-charge retains professional control over dispensing.
Based on IDAPA 24.36.01; confirm the current text before relying on the breadth of ownership it allows.
Sources for the supervision rules (2)
What a collaborating physician costs here
Typical monthly cost in Idaho
$500 – $600
Estimate for one Pharmacist. Standard-tier state.
About Idaho's rules
Idaho APRNs (NP, CRNA, CNM, CNS) have full independent practice authority. The Idaho Board of Medicine formally disavowed corporate-practice-of-medicine enforcement in March 2016, so physicians, NPs, PAs and non-licensees may generally co-own a standard business entity as long as licensed professionals deliver the care.
Other clinicians in Idaho: see the state overview.