Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-470 - Prescription monitoring program › Section 246-470-060 - Law enforcement, prosecutorial officials, coroners, and medical examiners' access to information from the program

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Local, state, federally recognized tribe, or federal law
				  enforcement officials and prosecutorial officials may obtain prescription
				  monitoring information for a bona fide specific investigation involving a
				  designated person. A local, state, federally recognized tribe, or federal
				  coroner or medical examiner may obtain prescription monitoring information for
				  a bona fide specific investigation to determine cause of death.
(1) Registration for access. Local, state,
				federally recognized tribe, or federal law enforcement officials, prosecutorial
				officials, coroners, and medical examiners shall register with the department
				in order to receive an authentication to access information from the program.
				The registration process shall be established by the department.
(2) Verification by the department. The
				department shall verify the authentication and identity of local, state,
				federally recognized tribe, or federal law enforcement officials, prosecutorial
				officials, coroners, and medical examiners before allowing access to any
				prescription monitoring information.
(3) Procedure for accessing prescription
				information. Local, state, federally recognized tribe, or federal law
				enforcement officials, prosecutorial officials, coroners and medical examiners
				may access information from the program electronically using the authentication
				issued by the department.
(4)
				Local, state, federally recognized tribe, or federal law enforcement officials
				and prosecutorial officials shall electronically attest that the requested
				information is required for a bona fide specific investigation involving a
				designated person prior to accessing prescription monitoring
				information.
(5) Local, state,
				federally recognized tribe, or federal coroner or medical examiners shall
				electronically attest that the requested information is required for a bona
				fide specific investigation to determine cause of death prior to accessing
				prescription monitoring information.
(6) Local, state, federally recognized tribe,
				or federal law enforcement officials, prosecutorial officials, coroners and
				medical examiners may alternately submit a written request via mail or
				facsimile transmission in a format established by the department. The written
				request must contain an attestation that the requested information is required
				for a bona fide specific investigation involving a designated person or for a
				bona fide specific investigation to determine cause of death.
(7) Reporting lost or stolen authentication.
				If the authentication issued by the department is lost, missing, or the
				security of the authentication is compromised, the local, state, federally
				recognized tribe, and federal law enforcement officials, prosecutorial
				officials, coroners or medical examiners shall notify the department by
				telephone and in writing as soon as reasonably possible.
(8) All requests for, uses of, and
				disclosures of prescription monitoring information by authorized persons must
				be consistent with the program's mandate as outlined in
				RCW
				 70.225.040 and this chapter.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.225 RCW and 2007 c 259.
					 11-16-041, § 246-470-060, filed 7/27/11, effective
					 8/27/11.