Effective Aug. 30, 2024: Pharmacists will be designated as “referring practitioners” of laboratory tests for the purpose of medication management.
List of labs that can be ordered by pharmacists in community settings:
- Urinalysis
- Sodium, potassium, chloride, magnesium, calcium, phosphates – serum/plasma
- Creatinine – serum/plasma
- Creatinine – timed urine collection
- Urea – whole blood
- Albumin creatinine ratio (ACR)
- Prothrombin time/INR
- Albumin – serum/plasma
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
- Alkaline phosphatase
- Bilirubin, total – serum/plasma
- Bilirubin, direct
- Lactate dehydrogenase – serum/plasma
- Proteins – total, serum, or plasma
- Glucose quantitative – serum/plasma
- Hemoglobin, A1C
- Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) – any method
- Cholesterol, total
- High-density lipoproteins cholesterol (HDL cholesterol)
- Triglycerides – serum/plasma
- Apolipoprotein B-100
- Creatine kinase (phosphokinase)
- Hematology profile
- Vitamin B12
- Ferritin, serum
- Iron, total and binding capacity
- Transferrin
- Digoxin
- Lithium, serum/plasma
- Primidone (mysolene)
- Phenytoin, quantitative
- Valproic acid
- Clozapine
- Amphetamines
- Benzodiazepines
- Cocaine/cocaine metabolite
- Opiates
- Methadone
- Oxycodone, screening assay
- Fentanyl, urine screening immunoassay
- Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) (glutamyl transpeptidase (GPT))