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 provide 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 (Enacted 2001; Last Amended 2004).
