(a) In publications that the commission or the committee determines to be equivalent to:
(A) The American Hospital Formulary Service drug information;
(B) "Drug Facts and Comparisons" (Lippincott-Raven Publishers);
(C) The United States Pharmacopoeia drug information; or
(D) Other publications that have been identified by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services as authoritative;
(b) In the majority of relevant peer-reviewed medical literature; or
(c) By the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(2) Required coverage of a prescription drug under this section shall include coverage for medically necessary services associated with the administration of that drug.
(3) Nothing in this section requires coverage for any prescription drug if the United States Food and Drug Administration has determined use of the drug to be contraindicated.
(4) Nothing in this section requires coverage for experimental drugs not approved for any indication by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
(5) This section is exempt from ORS 743A.001. [Formerly 743.697; 2011 c.720 §222]
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