Off-label use of medication

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  2. District of Columbia Code
  3. Foods and Drugs
  4. Off-Label Informed Consent
  5. Off-label use of medication

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Before prescribing, administering, or furnishing a prescription medication for an off-label use, a prescriber shall make every reasonable effort to:

(1) Explain to the patient, in easily understood terms, that the medication is not within the uses approved for that medication by the FDA; and

(2) Provide the patient with information regarding the potential risks and side effects associated with using the medication for the off-label use.

(Mar. 26, 2008, D.C. Law 17-131, § 203, 55 DCR 1659.)

Section References

This section is referenced in § 48-844.03.


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