Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 69 Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, And Poisons - Chapter 69.41 Legend Drugs -- Prescription Drugs

69.41.010 Definitions
As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Administer" means the direct application of ...

69.41.020 Prohibited acts -- Information not privileged communication
Legend drugs shall not be sold, delivered, dispensed or administered except in accordance with this chapter. (1) No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain ...

69.41.030 Sale, delivery, or possession of legend drug without prescription or order prohibited -- Exceptions -- Penalty
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, deliver, or possess any legend drug except upon the order or prescription of a physician ...

69.41.032 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 ...

69.41.040 Prescription requirements -- Penalty
(1) A prescription, in order to be effective in legalizing the possession of legend drugs, must be issued for a legitimate medical purpose by one ...

69.41.042 Record requirements
A pharmaceutical manufacturer, wholesaler, pharmacy, or practitioner who purchases, dispenses, or distributes legend drugs shall maintain invoices or such other records as are necessary to ...

69.41.044 Confidentiality
All records, reports, and information obtained by the board or its authorized representatives from or on behalf of a pharmaceutical manufacturer, representative of a manufacturer, ...

69.41.050 Labeling requirements -- Penalty
(1) To every box, bottle, jar, tube or other container of a legend drug, which is dispensed by a practitioner authorized to prescribe legend drugs, ...

69.41.055 Electronic communication of prescription information -- Board may adopt rules
(1) Information concerning an original prescription or information concerning a prescription refill for a legend drug may be electronically communicated between an authorized practitioner and ...

69.41.060 Search and seizure
If, upon the sworn complaint of any person, it shall be made to appear to any judge of the superior or district court that there ...

69.41.062 Search and seizure at rental premises -- Notification of landlord
Whenever a legend drug which is sold, delivered, or possessed in violation of this chapter is seized at rental premises, the law enforcement agency shall ...

69.41.065 Violations -- Juvenile driving privileges
(1) If a juvenile thirteen years of age or older and under the age of twenty-one is found by a court to have committed any ...

69.41.072 Violations of chapter 69.50 RCW not to be charged under chapter 69.41 RCW -- Exception
Any offense which is a violation of chapter 69.50 RCW other than RCW 69.50.4012 shall not be charged under this chapter.[2003 c 53 § 327.]Notes: ...

69.41.075 Rules -- Availability of lists of drugs
The state board of pharmacy may make such rules for the enforcement of this chapter as are deemed necessary or advisable. The board shall identify, ...

69.41.080 Animal control -- Rules for possession and use of legend drugs
Humane societies and animal control agencies registered with the state board of pharmacy under chapter 69.50 RCW and authorized to euthanize animals may purchase, possess, ...

69.41.085 Medication assistance -- Community-based care setting
Individuals residing in community-based care settings, such as adult family homes, boarding homes, and residential care settings for the developmentally disabled, including an individual's home, ...

69.41.100 Legislative recognition and declaration
The legislature recognizes the responsibility of the state to insure that the citizens of the state are offered a choice between generic drugs and brand ...

69.41.110 Definitions
As used in RCW 69.41.100 through 69.41.180, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) "Brand name" means the proprietary or trade name selected ...

69.41.120 Prescriptions to contain instruction as to whether or not a therapeutically equivalent generic drug may be substituted -- Out-of-state prescriptions -- Form -- Contents -- Procedure
Every drug prescription shall contain an instruction on whether or not a therapeutically equivalent generic drug may be substituted in its place, unless substitution is ...

69.41.130 Savings in price to be passed on to purchaser
Unless the brand name drug is requested by the patient or the patient's representative, the pharmacist shall substitute an equivalent drug product which he has ...

69.41.140 Minimum manufacturing standards and practices
A pharmacist may not substitute a product under the provisions of this section unless the manufacturer has shown that the drug has been manufactured with ...

69.41.150 Liability of practitioner, pharmacist
(1) A practitioner who authorizes a prescribed drug shall not be liable for any side effects or adverse reactions caused by the manner or method ...

69.41.160 Pharmacy signs as to substitution for prescribed drugs
Every pharmacy shall post a sign in a location at the prescription counter that is readily visible to patrons stating, "Under Washington law, an equivalent ...

69.41.170 Coercion of pharmacist prohibited -- Penalty
It shall be unlawful for any employer to coerce, within the meaning of RCW 9A.36.070, any pharmacist to dispense a generic drug or to substitute ...

69.41.180 Rules
The state board of pharmacy may adopt any necessary rules under chapter 34.05 RCW for the implementation, continuation, or enforcement of RCW 69.41.100 through 69.41.180, ...

69.41.190 Preferred drug substitution -- Exceptions -- Notice
(1) Any pharmacist filling a prescription under a state purchased health care program as defined in RCW 41.05.011(2) shall substitute, where identified, a preferred drug ...

69.41.200 Requirements for identification of legend drugs -- Marking
(1) No legend drug in solid dosage form may be manufactured or commercially distributed within this state unless it has clearly marked or imprinted on ...

69.41.210 Definitions
The terms defined in this section shall have the meanings indicated when used in RCW 69.41.200 through 69.41.260. (1) "Distributor" means any corporation, person, or ...

69.41.220 Published lists of drug imprints -- Requirements for
Each manufacturer and distributor shall publish and provide to the board by filing with the department printed material which will identify each current imprint used ...

69.41.230 Drugs in violation are contraband
Any legend drug prepared or manufactured or offered for sale in violation of this chapter or implementing rules shall be contraband and subject to seizure ...

69.41.240 Rules -- Labeling and marking
The board shall have authority to promulgate rules and regulations for the enforcement and implementation of RCW 69.41.050 and 69.41.200 through 69.41.260.[1980 c 83 § ...

69.41.250 Exemptions
(1) The board, upon application of a manufacturer, may exempt a particular legend drug from the requirements of RCW 69.41.050 and 69.41.200 through 69.41.260 on ...

69.41.260 Manufacture or distribution for resale -- Requirements
All legend drugs manufactured or distributed for resale to any entity in this state other than the ultimate consumer shall meet the requirements of RCW ...

69.41.280 Confidentiality
All records, reports, and information obtained by the board or its authorized representatives from or on behalf of a pharmaceutical manufacturer, representative of a manufacturer, ...

69.41.300 Definitions
For the purposes of RCW 69.41.300 through 69.41.350, "steroids" shall include the following: (1) "Anabolic steroids" means synthetic derivatives of testosterone or any isomer, ester, ...

69.41.310 Rules
The state board of pharmacy shall specify by rule drugs to be classified as steroids as defined in RCW 69.41.300. On or before December 1 ...

69.41.320 Practitioners -- Restricted use -- Medical records
(1)(a) A practitioner shall not prescribe, administer, or dispense steroids, as defined in RCW 69.41.300, or any form of autotransfusion for the purpose of manipulating ...

69.41.330 Public warnings -- School districts
The superintendent of public instruction shall develop and distribute to all school districts signs of appropriate design and dimensions advising students of the health risks ...

69.41.340 Student athletes -- Violations -- Penalty
The superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the Washington interscholastic activity association, shall promulgate rules by January 1, 1990, regarding loss of eligibility to ...

69.41.350 Penalties
(1) A person who violates the provisions of this chapter by possessing under two hundred tablets or eight 2cc bottles of steroid without a valid ...

69.41.900 Severability -- 1979 c 110
If any provision of this 1979 act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the ...