RCW 18.32.800
Opioid drug prescribing rules—Adoption.
(1) By January 1, 2019, the commission must adopt rules establishing requirements for prescribing opioid drugs. The rules may contain exemptions based on education, training, amount of opioids prescribed, patient panel, and practice environment.
(2) In developing the rules, the commission must consider the agency medical directors' group and centers for disease control guidelines, and may consult with the department of health, the University of Washington, and the largest professional association of dentists in the state.
[ 2017 c 297 § 3.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2017 c 297: See note following RCW 18.22.800.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 18 - Businesses and Professions
18.32.005 - Regulation of health care professions—Criteria.
18.32.020 - Practice of dentistry defined.
18.32.030 - Exemptions from chapter.
18.32.0351 - Commission established—Membership.
18.32.0353 - Commission—Removal of member—Order of removal—Vacancy.
18.32.0355 - Commission—Qualifications of members.
18.32.0357 - Commission—Duties and powers—Attorney general to advise, represent.
18.32.0358 - Commission successor to other boards.
18.32.0361 - Compensation of commission members.
18.32.0363 - Examinations—Contracts for administration—Multistate.
18.32.039 - Application of uniform disciplinary act.
18.32.040 - Requirements for licensure.
18.32.050 - Compensation and reimbursement for administering examination.
18.32.160 - Licenses—Who shall sign.
18.32.170 - Duplicate licenses—Fee.
18.32.185 - Inactive license status.
18.32.190 - Licenses display—Notification of address.
18.32.195 - University of Washington dental school faculty and residents—Licenses.
18.32.215 - Licensure without examination—Licensed in another state.
18.32.220 - Certificate available for dentists going out-of-state.
18.32.222 - Commission report—Foreign-trained dentists—Licensure.
18.32.226 - Community-based sealant programs in schools.
18.32.530 - "Unprofessional conduct."
18.32.533 - Unprofessional conduct—Abrogation of copayment provisions.
18.32.534 - Dentist health program—Content—License surcharge.
18.32.640 - Rules—Administration of sedation and general anesthesia.
18.32.655 - Commission—Supervision of records—Rules.
18.32.665 - Advertising—False—Credit terms.
18.32.675 - Practice or solicitation by corporations prohibited—Penalty.
18.32.677 - Interference with licensee's independent clinical judgment.
18.32.683 - Patient abandonment.
18.32.685 - Prescriptions—Filled by druggists.
18.32.695 - Identification of new dental prostheses.
18.32.705 - Identification of previously fabricated prostheses.
18.32.715 - Identification of dental prostheses—Violation.
18.32.725 - Sanitary regulations.
18.32.735 - Unlawful practice—Hygienists—Penalty.
18.32.745 - Unlawful practice—Employing unlicensed dentist—Penalty.
18.32.755 - Advertising—Names used—Penalty.
18.32.765 - Pilot project—Commission—Authority over budget.
18.32.775 - Disciplinary proceedings—Cost and fee recovery.
18.32.785 - Pain management rules—Criteria for new rules.