Emergency Contraception

PHARMACY ACCESS TO EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION (EC)

Alaska explicitly allows pharmacists to provide emergency contraception (EC) directly to women without a prescription.  A pharmacist may dispense EC to a woman under a written protocol established and approved by an authorized prescriber, defined as a physician or advance practice nurse, and approved by the Alaska Pharmacy Board.

Alaska Stat. § 08.80.480 (Enacted 1955; Last Amended 1996); Alaska Admin. Code tit. 12, § 52.240; see, e.g., Emergency Contraceptive Collaborative Agreement Protocol, at http://www.go2ec.org/ModelAlaska.htm (last visited Aug. 30, 2007).