Chapter 4.5. Division of Workers' Compensation
Subchapter 1. Administrative Director--Administrative Rules
Article 5.5.2. Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule

§ 9792.27.22. Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee - Meetings.

(a) The P&T Committee shall meet when deemed necessary by the Executive Medical Director, but no less frequently than quarterly.

(b) P&T Committee meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, California Government Code sections 11120 through 11132.

(c) Notice of the regularly scheduled meetings shall be given at least ten days in advance of the meeting as follows:

(1) To persons who have requested notice of the meetings;

(2) To persons on the Administrative Director's mailing list; and

(3) By posting notice on the division's website.

(d) The Executive Medical Director shall include a period to receive public comment during the P&T Committee meetings, in a manner consistent with the orderly and efficient conduct of the business of the committee. Members of the public addressing the P&T Committee shall be limited to three minutes per speaker.

(e) The Executive Medical Director shall maintain a written summary of the meetings and the recommendations made to the Administrative Director in a format determined by the Administrative Director. The written summary shall be posted on the Division's website. It shall include a description of any action taken and the vote or abstention of each P&T Committee member present.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 133, 4603.5, 5307.3 and 5307.27, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 11120-11132, Government Code; and Sections 4600, 4604.5, 5307.27 and 5307.29, Labor Code.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 12-7-2017; operative 1-1-2018 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2017, No. 49).