§ 275. Applicability of prior authorization to EPIC. The panel shall,
no later than April first, two thousand eight, proceed to make prior
authorization under the preferred drug program and the clinical review
drug program, under this article, applicable to prescriptions under
EPIC. The panel shall take necessary actions consistent with this
article to apply prior authorization under this article to EPIC. Upon
determining that the necessary steps have been taken to apply prior
authorization under this article to EPIC, the panel shall, with
reasonable prior public notice, make prescriptions under EPIC subject to
prior authorization under this article as of a specified date. If
necessary, the panel may provide that such applicability take effect on
separate dates for the preferred drug program and the clinical drug
review program.