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WA Rev Code § 18.64.420 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.64 - Pharmacists.|18.64.420 - Nonresident pharmacies—Information confidential—Exceptions.

RCW 18.64.420 Nonresident pharmacies—Information confidential—Exceptions.All records, reports, and information obtained by the department from or on behalf of an entity licensed under chapter 48.20, 48.21, 48.44, or 48.46 RCW shall be confidential and exempt from inspection and copying under chapter 42.56 RCW. Nothing in this section restricts the investigation or the proceedings of the commission or the department so long as the commission and the department comply with the provisions of chapter 42.56 RCW. Nothing in this section or in chapter 42.56 RCW shall restrict the commission or the department from complying with any mandatory reporting requirements that exist or may exist under federal law, nor shall the commission or the department be restricted from providing to any person the name of any nonresident pharmacy that is or has been licensed or disciplined under RCW 18.64.350 through 18.64.400.[ 2013 c 19 § 25; 2005 c 274 § 226; 1991 c 87 § 12.]NOTES:Effective date—1991 c 87: See note following RCW 18.64.350.
WA Rev Code § 18.64.430 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.64 - Pharmacists.|18.64.430 - Cost disclosure to health care providers.

RCW 18.64.430 Cost disclosure to health care providers.The registered or licensed pharmacist under this chapter shall establish and maintain a procedure for disclosing to physicians and other health care providers with prescriptive authority information detailed by prescriber, of the cost and dispensation of all prescriptive medications prescribed by him or her for his or her patients on request. These charges should be made available on at least a quarterly basis for all requested patients and should include medication, dosage, number dispensed, and the cost of the prescription. Pharmacies may provide this information in a summary form for each prescribing physician for all patients rather than as individually itemized reports. All efforts should be made to utilize the existing computerized records and software to provide this information in the least costly format.[ 2000 c 171 § 22; 1993 c 492 § 267.]NOTES:Cost containment—1993 c 492: "The legislature finds that the spiraling costs of health care continue to surmount efforts to contain them, increasing at approximately twice the inflationary rate. One of the fastest growing segments of the health care expenditure involves prescription medications. By making physicians and other health care providers with prescriptive authority more aware of the cost consequences of health care treatments for consumers, these providers may be inclined to exercise more restraint in providing only the most relevant and cost-beneficial drug and medication treatments. The requirement of the pharmacy to inform physicians and other health care providers of the charges of prescription drugs and medications that they order may have a positive effect on containing health costs. Further, the option of the physician or other health care provider to inform the patient of these charges may strengthen the necessary dialogue in the provider-patient relationship that tends to be diminished by intervening third-party payers." [ 1993 c 492 § 266.]Findings—Intent—1993 c 492: See notes following RCW 43.20.050.Short title—Savings—Reservation of legislative power—Effective dates—1993 c 492: See RCW 43.72.910 through 43.72.915.
WA Rev Code § 18.64.450 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.64 - Pharmacists.|18.64.450 - Health care entity—License requirements for legend drugs and controlled substances—Exception.

RCW 18.64.450 Health care entity—License requirements for legend drugs and controlled substances—Exception.(1) In order for a health care entity to purchase, administer, dispense, and deliver legend drugs, the health care entity must be licensed by the department.(2) In order for a health care entity to purchase, administer, dispense, and deliver controlled substances, the health care entity must annually obtain a license from the department in accordance with the commission's rules.(3) The receipt, administration, dispensing, and delivery of legend drugs or controlled substances by a health care entity must be performed under the supervision or at the direction of a pharmacist.(4) A health care entity may only administer, dispense, or deliver legend drugs and controlled substances to patients who receive care within the health care entity and in compliance with rules of the commission. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a practitioner, in carrying out his or her licensed responsibilities within a health care entity, from dispensing or delivering to a patient of the health care entity drugs for that patient's personal use in an amount not to exceed seventy-two hours of usage.[ 2013 c 19 § 26; 1995 c 319 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 18.64.460 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.64 - Pharmacists.|18.64.460 - Health care entity—License fee—Requirements—Penalty.

RCW 18.64.460 Health care entity—License fee—Requirements—Penalty.(1) The owner of a health care entity shall pay an original license fee to be determined by the secretary, and annually thereafter, on or before a date to be determined by the secretary, a fee to be determined by the secretary, for which he or she shall receive a license of location, which shall entitle the owner to purchase legend drugs or controlled substances at the location specified for the period ending on a date to be determined by the secretary. A declaration of ownership and location filed with the department under this section shall be deemed presumptive evidence of ownership of the health care entity.(2) The owner shall immediately notify the department of any change of location or ownership in which case a new application and fee shall be submitted.(3) It shall be the duty of the owner to keep the license of location or the renewal license properly exhibited in the health care entity.(4) Failure to comply with this section is a misdemeanor and each day that the failure continues is a separate offense.(5) In the event that a license fee remains unpaid after the date due, no renewal or new license may be issued except upon payment of the license renewal fee and a penalty fee equal to the original license fee.[ 1995 c 319 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 18.64.470 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.64 - Pharmacists.|18.64.470 - Health care entity—Records.

RCW 18.64.470 Health care entity—Records.Every proprietor or manager of a health care entity shall keep readily available a suitable record of drugs, which shall preserve for a period of not less than two years the record of every drug used at such health care entity. The record shall be maintained either separately from all other records of the health care entity or in such form that the information required is readily retrievable from ordinary business records of the health care entity. All recordkeeping requirements for controlled substances must be complied with. Such record of drugs shall be for confidential use in the health care entity, only. The record of drugs shall be open for inspection by the commission, who is authorized to enforce chapter 18.64, 69.41, or 69.50 RCW.[ 2013 c 19 § 27; 1995 c 319 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 18.64.480 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.64 - Pharmacists.|18.64.480 - Waiver request to allow importation of prescription drugs from Canada.

RCW 18.64.480 Waiver request to allow importation of prescription drugs from Canada.(1) By September 1, 2005, the commission shall, in consultation with the department and the health care authority, submit a waiver request to the federal food and drug administration that authorizes the importation of prescription drugs from Canada.(2) Upon approval of the federal waiver allowing for the importation of prescription drugs from Canada, the commission, in consultation with the department and the health care authority, shall license Canadian pharmacies that provide services to Washington residents under RCW 18.64.350 and 18.64.360.[ 2013 c 19 § 28; 2005 c 275 § 4.]NOTES:Finding—Intent—2005 c 275: See note following RCW 18.64.350.
WA Rev Code § 18.64.500 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.64 - Pharmacists.|18.64.500 - Tamper-resistant prescription pads or paper.

RCW 18.64.500 Tamper-resistant prescription pads or paper.(1) Every prescription written in this state by a licensed practitioner must be written on a tamper-resistant prescription pad or paper approved by the commission.(2) A pharmacist may not fill a written prescription from a licensed practitioner unless it is written on an approved tamper-resistant prescription pad or paper, except that a pharmacist may provide emergency supplies in accordance with the commission and other insurance contract requirements.(3) If a hard copy of an electronic prescription is given directly to the patient, the manually signed hard copy prescription must be on approved tamper-resistant paper that meets the requirements of this section.(4) For the purposes of this section, "tamper-resistant prescription pads or paper" means a prescription pad or paper that has been approved by the commission for use and contains the following characteristics:(a) One or more industry-recognized features designed to prevent unauthorized copying of a completed or blank prescription form;(b) One or more industry-recognized features designed to prevent the erasure or modification of information written on the prescription form by the practitioner; and(c) One or more industry-recognized features designed to prevent the use of counterfeit prescription forms.(5) Practitioners shall employ reasonable safeguards to assure against theft or unauthorized use of prescriptions.(6) All vendors must have their tamper-resistant prescription pads or paper approved by the commission prior to the marketing or sale of pads or paper in Washington state.(7) The commission shall create a seal of approval that confirms that a pad or paper contains all three industry-recognized characteristics required by this section. The seal must be affixed to all prescription pads or paper used in this state.(8) The commission may adopt rules necessary for the administration of chapter 328, Laws of 2009.(9) The tamper-resistant prescription pad or paper requirements in this section shall not apply to:(a) Prescriptions that are transmitted to the pharmacy by telephone, facsimile, or electronic means; or(b) Prescriptions written for inpatients of a hospital, outpatients of a hospital, residents of a long-term care facility, patients of a hospice program, inpatients or residents of a mental health facility, or individuals incarcerated in a local, state, or federal correction facility, when the health care practitioner authorized to write prescriptions, or his or her authorized agent, writes the order into the patient's medical or clinical record, the order is given directly to the pharmacy, and the patient never has the opportunity to handle the written order.(10) All acts related to the prescribing, dispensing, and records maintenance of all prescriptions shall be in compliance with applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.[ 2016 c 148 § 18; 2013 c 19 § 30; 2009 c 328 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 18.64.510 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.64 - Pharmacists.|18.64.510 - Limitation on authority to regulate or establish standards regarding a jail.

RCW 18.64.510 Limitation on authority to regulate or establish standards regarding a jail.Nothing in this chapter or in any provision of law shall be interpreted to invest the commission with the authority to regulate or establish standards regarding a jail as defined in RCW 70.48.020 that does not operate, in whole or in part, a pharmacy or a correctional pharmacy. This section does not limit the commission's authority to regulate a pharmacist that has entered into an agreement with a jail for the provision of pharmaceutical services.[ 2013 c 19 § 31; 2009 c 411 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 18.64.520 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.64 - Pharmacists.|18.64.520 - Dispensing of drug other than controlled substance—Supply limit.

RCW 18.64.520 Dispensing of drug other than controlled substance—Supply limit.(1) A pharmacist may dispense not more than a ninety-day supply of a drug other than a controlled substance pursuant to a valid prescription that specifies an initial quantity of less than a ninety-day supply followed by periodic refills of that amount if all of the following requirements are satisfied:(a) The patient has completed an initial thirty-day supply of the drug. However, if the prescription continues the same medication as previously dispensed in a ninety-day supply, the initial thirty-day supply under this subsection (1) is not required;(b) The total quantity of dosage units dispensed does not exceed the total quantity of dosage units authorized by the prescriber on the prescription including refills;(c) The prescriber has not specified on the prescription that dispensing the prescription in an initial amount followed by periodic refills is medically necessary; and(d) The pharmacist is exercising his or her professional judgment.(2) In no case may a pharmacist dispense a greater supply of a drug pursuant to this section if the prescriber personally indicates, either orally or in their own handwriting, "no change to quantity," or words of similar meaning. Nothing in this section prohibits a prescriber from checking a box on a prescription marked "no change to quantity," provided that the prescriber personally initials the box or checkmark.(3) A pharmacist dispensing an increased supply of a drug pursuant to this section shall notify the prescriber of the increase in the quantity of dosage units dispensed.(4) Nothing in this section may be construed to require a health benefit plan, health carrier, workers' compensation insurance plan, pharmacy benefit manager, or any other person or entity including, but not limited to, a state program or state employer, to provide coverage in a manner inconsistent with the beneficiary's or enrollee's plan benefit.[ 2013 c 262 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 18.64.530 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.64 - Pharmacists.|18.64.530 - Topical ophthalmic products—Early refills authorized.

RCW 18.64.530 Topical ophthalmic products—Early refills authorized.A pharmacist is authorized, without consulting a physician or obtaining a new prescription or refill from a physician, to provide for one early refill of a prescription for topical ophthalmic products if all of the following criteria are met:(1) The refill is requested by a patient at or after seventy percent of the predicted days of use of:(a) The date the original prescription was dispensed to the patient; or(b) The date that the last refill of the prescription was dispensed to the patient;(2) The prescriber indicates on the original prescription that a specific number of refills will be needed; and(3) The refill does not exceed the number of refills that the prescriber indicated under subsection (2) of this section.[ 2015 c 85 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 18.64.540 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.64 - Pharmacists.|18.64.540 - Provision of drugs to ambulance or aid services associated with providing emergency medical services to patients.

RCW 18.64.540 Provision of drugs to ambulance or aid services associated with providing emergency medical services to patients.A pharmacy that is licensed under this chapter and operated by a hospital that is licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW may provide drugs to ambulance or aid services that are licensed under RCW 18.73.130 for use associated with providing emergency medical services to patients if the following conditions are met:(1) The hospital is located in the same or an adjacent county to the county in which the ambulance or aid service operates;(2) A medical program director of an ambulance or aid service has requested drugs from the hospital per agreed protocol. A medical program director may only request drugs that:(a) Are relevant to the level of service provided by the ambulance or aid service and the training of its emergency medical personnel; and(b) Are approved as part of the ambulance or aid service prehospital patient care protocols for use by emergency medical personnel in the county in which the ambulance or aid service is located; and(3) The provision of the drugs by the pharmacy is not contingent upon arrangements for the transport of patients to the hospital that operates the pharmacy for reasons other than the consideration of patients' medical needs and any patient care procedures.[ 2015 c 255 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 18.64.550 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.64 - Pharmacists.|18.64.550 - Chart order as prescription—Long-term care facilities and hospice programs.

RCW 18.64.550 Chart order as prescription—Long-term care facilities and hospice programs.(1) A chart order must be considered a prescription if it contains:(a) The full name of the patient;(b) The date of issuance;(c) The name, strength, and dosage form of the drug prescribed;(d) Directions for use; and(e) An authorized signature. The order must contain the prescribing practitioner's signature or the signature of the practitioner's authorized agent, including the name of the prescribing practitioner.(2) A licensed nurse, pharmacist, or physician practicing in a long-term care facility or hospice program may act as the practitioner's agent for purposes of this chapter, without need for a written agency agreement, to document a chart order in the patient's medical record on behalf of the prescribing practitioner pending the prescribing practitioner's signature; or to communicate a prescription to a pharmacy whether telephonically, via facsimile, or electronically. The communication of a prescription to a dispenser by the prescriber's agent has the same force and effect as if communicated directly by the authorized practitioner.(3) Nothing in this chapter prevents an authorized credentialed employee of a long-term care facility from transmitting a chart order pursuant to RCW 74.42.230, or transmitting a prescription on behalf of a resident to the extent otherwise authorized by law.[ 2020 c 57 § 27; 2016 c 148 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 18.64.560 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.64 - Pharmacists.|18.64.560 - Nursing homes and hospice programs—Emergency drug kits—Supplemental dose kits.

RCW 18.64.560 Nursing homes and hospice programs—Emergency drug kits—Supplemental dose kits.(1) A pharmacy or pharmacist may provide a limited quantity of drugs to a nursing home or hospice program without a prescription for emergency administration by authorized personnel of the facility or program pursuant to a valid prescription. The drugs so provided must be limited to those required to meet the immediate therapeutic needs of residents or patients and may not be available from another authorized source in sufficient time to prevent risk of harm by delay resulting from obtaining drugs from another source. Emergency kits must be secured in a locked room, container, or device to prevent unauthorized access and to ensure the proper environment for preservation of the drugs.(2) In addition to or in connection with the emergency kit authorized under subsection (1) of this section, a nursing home that employs a unit dose drug distribution system may maintain a supplemental dose kit for supplemental nonemergency drug therapy. Supplemental dose kits must be secured in a locked room, container, or device to prevent unauthorized access, and to ensure the proper environment for preservation of the drugs. Administration of drugs from a supplemental dose kit must be under a valid prescription or chart order.(3) The types and quantity of drugs appropriate to serve the resident or patient population of a nursing home or hospice program using an emergency kit or supplemental dose kit and procedures for the proper storage and security of drugs must be determined by a pharmaceutical services committee that includes a pharmacist licensed under this chapter, a physician licensed under chapter 18.71 RCW, an osteopathic physician licensed under chapter 18.57 RCW, or an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW, and appropriate clinical or administrative personnel of the nursing home or hospice program as set forth in rules adopted by the pharmacy quality assurance commission.(4) A registered nurse or licensed practical nurse operating under appropriate direction and supervision by a pharmacist may restock an emergency kit or supplemental dose kit to provide for safe and timely patient access.[ 2016 c 148 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 18.64.570 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.64 - Pharmacists.|18.64.570 - Long-term care facilities and hospice programs—Legend drug resupply—Shared pharmacy services—Unused drugs.

RCW 18.64.570 Long-term care facilities and hospice programs—Legend drug resupply—Shared pharmacy services—Unused drugs.(1) A pharmacy may resupply a legend drug to a patient at a long-term care facility or hospice program pursuant to a valid chart order that is signed by the prescribing practitioner, is not time limited, and has not been discontinued.(2) A pharmacy may outsource shared pharmacy services for a long-term care facility or hospice program to another pharmacy if the outsourcing pharmacy:(a) Obtains approval from the long-term care facility or hospice program to outsource shared pharmacy services for the facility's or program's residents or patients; and(b) Provides a copy of the prescription or order to the pharmacy providing the shared pharmacy services.(3) Shared pharmacy services may be used for, but are not limited to, the purpose of ensuring that drugs or devices are attainable to meet the immediate needs of residents of the long-term care facility or hospice program, or when the outsourcing pharmacy cannot provide services on an ongoing basis. Where a pharmacy uses shared pharmacy services to have a second pharmacy provide a first dose or partial fill of a prescription or drug order to meet a patient's or resident's immediate needs, the second supplying pharmacy may dispense the first dose or partially filled prescription on a satellite basis without the outsourcing pharmacy being required to fully transfer the prescription to the supplying pharmacy. The supplying pharmacy must retain a copy of the prescription or order on file, a copy of the dispensing record or fill, and must notify the outsourcing pharmacy of the service and quantity provided.(4) A pharmacy may repackage and dispense unused drugs returned by a long-term care facility or hospice program to the pharmacy in per-use, blister packaging, whether in unit dose or modified unit dose form, except as prohibited by federal law. The commission must adopt rules providing for the safe and efficient repackaging, reuse, and disposal of unused drugs returned to a pharmacy from a long-term care facility or hospice program. In adopting rules, the commission must take into consideration the acceptance and dispensing requirements of RCW 69.70.050 (1), (2), and (5).[ 2016 c 148 § 4.]