Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 18 Businesses And Professions - Chapter 18.64 Pharmacists

18.64.001 State board of pharmacy -- Creation -- Membership -- Oath -- Vacancies
There shall be a state board of pharmacy consisting of seven members, to be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent ...

18.64.002 Regulation of health care professions -- Criteria
See chapter 18.120 RCW. ...

18.64.003 State board of pharmacy -- Meetings -- Chairperson -- Compensation and travel expenses
Members of the board shall meet at such places and times as it shall determine and as often as necessary to discharge the duties imposed ...

18.64.005 State board of pharmacy -- Powers and duties
The board shall: (1) Regulate the practice of pharmacy and enforce all laws placed under its jurisdiction; (2) Prepare or determine the nature of, and ...

18.64.009 Department of health -- Enforcement employees declared to be peace officers -- Authority
Employees of the department, who are designated by the board as enforcement officers, are declared to be peace officers and shall be vested with police ...

18.64.011 Definitions
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, definitions of terms shall be as indicated when used in this chapter. (1) "Person" means an individual, corporation, government, ...

18.64.020 Licensing required
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person to practice pharmacy or to institute or operate any pharmacy unless such person shall be a licensed ...

18.64.040 Examination fee
Every applicant for license examination under this chapter shall pay the sum determined by the secretary under RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280 before the examination is ...

18.64.043 Pharmacy license -- Fee -- Display -- Declaration of ownership and location -- Penalties
(1) The owner of each pharmacy shall pay an original license fee to be determined by the secretary, and annually thereafter, on or before a ...

18.64.044 Shopkeeper's registration -- Penalty--Ephedrine/pseudoephedrine/phenylpropanolamine
(1) A shopkeeper registered as provided in this section may sell nonprescription drugs, if such drugs are sold in the original package of the manufacturer. ...

18.64.045 Manufacturer's license -- Fees -- Display -- Declaration of ownership and location -- Penalties
(1) The owner of each and every place of business which manufactures drugs shall pay a license fee to be determined by the secretary, and ...

18.64.046 Wholesaler's license -- Required -- Authority of licensee -- Penalty--Ephedrine/pseudoephedrine/phenylpropanolamine
(1) The owner of each place of business which sells legend drugs and nonprescription drugs, or nonprescription drugs at wholesale shall pay a license fee ...

18.64.047 Itinerant vendor's or peddler's registration -- Fee -- Penalties--Ephedrine/pseudoephedrine/phenylpropanolamine
(1) Any itinerant vendor or any peddler of any nonprescription drug or preparation for the treatment of disease or injury, shall pay a registration fee ...

18.64.050 Duplicate for lost or destroyed license or certificate -- Certified documents -- Fees
In the event that a license or certificate issued by the department is lost or destroyed, the person to whom it was issued may obtain ...

18.64.080 Licensing of pharmacists -- Registration of interns -- Prerequisites -- Examinations -- Reciprocity -- Fees -- Renewal
(1) The department may license as a pharmacist any person who has filed an application therefor, subscribed by the person under oath or affirmation, containing ...

18.64.140 License -- Fees -- Display -- Inactive license
Every licensed pharmacist who desires to practice pharmacy shall secure from the department a license, the fee for which shall be determined by the secretary ...

18.64.160 Disciplinary action against pharmacist's and intern's licenses -- Grounds
In addition to the grounds under RCW 18.130.170 and 18.130.180, the board of pharmacy may take disciplinary action against the license of any pharmacist or ...

18.64.163 Uniform Disciplinary Act
The Uniform Disciplinary Act, chapter 18.130 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses of pharmacists and pharmacy interns, and the discipline of ...

18.64.165 Refusal, suspension, and revocation of other licenses
The board shall have the power to refuse, suspend, or revoke the license of any manufacturer, wholesaler, pharmacy, shopkeeper, itinerant vendor, peddler, poison distributor, health ...

18.64.200 Refusal, suspension, and revocation of other licenses -- Appeal procedure
In any case of the refusal, suspension or revocation of a license by said board under the provisions of this chapter, appeal may be taken ...

18.64.205 Retired active license status
The board may adopt rules pursuant to this section authorizing a retired active license status. An individual licensed pursuant to this chapter, who is practicing ...

18.64.245 Prescription records--Penalty
(1) Every proprietor or manager of a pharmacy shall keep readily available a suitable record of prescriptions which shall preserve for a period of not ...

18.64.246 Prescriptions -- Labels -- Cover or cap to meet safety standards--Penalty
(1) To every box, bottle, jar, tube or other container of a prescription which is dispensed there shall be fixed a label bearing the name ...

18.64.250 Unlawful practices -- Penalty for violations -- Exceptions
(1) Any person not a licensed pharmacist and not having continuously and regularly in his employ a duly licensed pharmacist within the full meaning of ...

18.64.255 Authorized practices
Nothing in this chapter shall operate in any manner: (1) To restrict the scope of authorized practice of any practitioner other than a pharmacist, duly ...

18.64.257 Prescription of legend drugs by dialysis programs
This chapter shall not prevent a medicare-approved dialysis center or facility operating a medicare-approved home dialysis program from selling, delivering, possessing, or dispensing directly to ...

18.64.270 Responsibility for drug purity -- Adulteration -- Penalty
(1) Every proprietor of a wholesale or retail drug store shall be held responsible for the quality of all drugs, chemicals or medicines sold or ...

18.64.275 Limitations on liability for dispensing of prescription
(1) A pharmacist who dispenses a prescription product in the form manufactured by a commercial manufacturer pursuant to a prescription issued by a licensed practitioner ...

18.64.280 General penalty
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of chapter 18.64 RCW and for which a penalty is not provided shall be deemed guilty ...

18.64.300 Pharmacist members of committees to evaluate credentials and qualifications of pharmacists -- Immunity from civil suit
See RCW 4.24.240. ...

18.64.301 Pharmacists filing charges or presenting evidence before pharmaceutical society -- Immunity from civil suit
See RCW 4.24.250, 4.24.260. ...

18.64.302 Records of pharmaceutical society not subject to civil process
See RCW 4.24.250. ...

18.64.310 Department of health -- Powers and duties
The department shall: (1) Establish reasonable license and examination fees and fees for services to other agencies in accordance with RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280. In ...

18.64.350 Nonresident pharmacies -- Findings
(1) The legislature finds and declares that the practice of pharmacy is a dynamic, patient-oriented health service that applies a scientific body of knowledge to ...

18.64.360 Nonresident pharmacies -- Definition -- Requirements -- Exemption--Reciprocity with Canadian pharmacies
(1) For the purposes of this chapter any pharmacy located outside this state that ships, mails, or delivers, in any manner, except when delivered in ...

18.64.370 Nonresident pharmacies -- License required -- Application -- Renewal
(1) A nonresident pharmacy that has not obtained a license from the department of health shall not conduct the business of selling or distributing drugs ...

18.64.380 Nonresident pharmacies -- Information required -- Inspection
A nonresident pharmacy shall: (1) Submit to the department, upon request, information acceptable to the secretary concerning controlled substances shipped, mailed, or delivered to a ...

18.64.390 Nonresident pharmacies -- Violations -- Penalties
(1) The board may deny, revoke, or suspend a nonresident pharmacy license or impose a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars per violation for ...

18.64.400 Nonresident pharmacies -- Definition -- Advertising
For the purposes of this chapter, a nonresident pharmacy is defined as any pharmacy located outside this state that ships, mails, or delivers, in any ...

18.64.410 Nonresident pharmacies -- Rules
The board may adopt rules to implement the provisions of RCW 18.64.350 through 18.64.400 and 18.64.420.[1991 c 87 § 11.]Notes: Effective date -- 1991 c ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

18.64.480 Waiver request to allow importation of prescription drugs from Canada
(1) By September 1, 2005, the board of pharmacy shall, in consultation with the department and the health care authority, submit a waiver request to ...

18.64.490 Waiver request to authorize the state to license Canadian, United Kingdom, Irish, and other nondomestic prescription drug wholesalers under RCW 18.64.046--Implementation--Rules
(1) By September 1, 2005, the board shall, in consultation with the department and the health care authority, submit a waiver request to the federal ...

18.64.900 Severability -- 1923 c 180
Should any section or parts of sections of this act be declared unconstitutional it shall in no case affect the validity of other provisions of ...

18.64.910 Severability -- 1935 c 98
If any section, sentence, clause or part of this act shall be adjudged to be invalid, such adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of ...

18.64.911 Severability -- 1963 c 38
If any provision of this act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application ...

18.64.920 Repealer -- 1935 c 98
All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.[1935 c 98 § 11.] ...