§ 18.64.450 — Health care entity—License requirements for legend drugs and controlled substances—Exception.

Washington § 18.64.450

• Jurisdiction: Washington
• Title 18: BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS
• Ch. 18.64: PHARMACISTS

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(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 72 hours of usage. The 72-hour limit does not apply when:

(a) Community or hospital outpatient pharmacy services will not be available within 72 hours;

(b) Anti-infectives or human immunodeficiency virus postexposure prophylaxis drugs or therapies are required; or

(c) Drugs or therapies are packaged directly by the manufacturer in quantities larger than a 72-hour supply that cannot be altered to limit the quantity to a 72-hour supply.

(5) Nothing in this section permits a health care entity to bill separately for drugs or therapies dispensed pursuant to subsection (4)(a) through (c) of this section.

Legislative History

[2025 c 213 s 2;2013 c 19 s 26;1995 c 319 s 3.]