Prior authorization from the D.C. Medicaid program shall be required for the dispensing of the following prescribed drugs to D.C. Medicaid ambulatory care patients:
Pharmacists shall request authorization from the Department of Human Services Office of Health Care Financing prior to dispensing to D.C. Medicaid patients any of the prescribed drugs identified in § 914.1.
For purposes of this section, the phrase "Ambulatory Care Patients" means a patient served through a system of primary care provided through outpatient facilities including services provided to patients who reside in intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded. Ambulatory care does not include services provided in inpatient hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities or health maintenance organizations.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 29, r. 29-914