RCW 18.64.245
Prescription records—Digital or electronic form—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 less than two years the record of every prescription dispensed at such pharmacy which shall be numbered, dated, and filed, and shall produce the same in court or before any grand jury whenever lawfully required to do so. The record shall be maintained either separately from all other records of the pharmacy or in such form that the information required is readily retrievable from ordinary business records of the pharmacy. All recordkeeping requirements for controlled substances must be complied with. Such record of prescriptions shall be for confidential use in the pharmacy, only. The record of prescriptions shall be open for inspection by the commission or any officer of the law, who is authorized to enforce this chapter or chapter 69.41 or 69.50 RCW.
(2) When a pharmacy receives a prescription in digital or electronic format through facsimile equipment transmitting an exact visual image of the prescription, or through electronic communication of prescription information, the digital or electronic record of every such prescription dispensed at the pharmacy constitutes a suitable record of prescriptions, provided that the original or direct copy of the prescription is electronically or digitally numbered or referenced, dated, and filed in a form that permits the information required to be readily retrievable.
(3) A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2016 c 148 § 17; 2013 c 19 § 17; 2003 c 53 § 135. Prior: 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 402; 1989 c 352 § 2; 1979 c 90 § 15; 1939 c 28 § 1; RRS § 6154-1. Formerly RCW 18.67.090.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Effective date—Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 18 - Businesses and Professions
18.64.001 - Pharmacy quality assurance commission—Creation—Membership—Oath—Vacancies.
18.64.003 - Commission—Meetings—Chairperson—Compensation and travel expenses.
18.64.005 - Commission—Powers and duties.
18.64.006 - Commission—Panel membership—Quorum.
18.64.008 - Commission—Contraceptive availability awareness.
18.64.009 - Department of health—Enforcement employees declared to be peace officers—Authority.
18.64.020 - Licensing required.
18.64.043 - Pharmacy license—Fee—Display—Declaration of ownership and location—Penalties.
18.64.044 - Shopkeeper's registration—Penalty—Ephedrine/pseudoephedrine/phenylpropanolamine.
18.64.045 - Manufacturer's license—Fees—Display—Declaration of ownership and location—Penalties.
18.64.050 - Duplicate for lost or destroyed license or certificate—Certified documents—Fees.
18.64.140 - License—Fees—Display—Inactive license.
18.64.160 - Disciplinary action against pharmacist's and intern's licenses—Grounds.
18.64.163 - Uniform Disciplinary Act.
18.64.165 - Refusal, suspension, and revocation of other licenses.
18.64.200 - Refusal, suspension, and revocation of other licenses—Appeal procedure.
18.64.205 - Retired active license status.
18.64.245 - Prescription records—Digital or electronic form—Penalty.
18.64.246 - Prescriptions—Labels—Cover or cap to meet safety standards—Penalty.
18.64.250 - Unlawful practices—Penalty for violations—Exceptions.
18.64.253 - Students practicing pharmacy—Rules.
18.64.255 - Authorized practices.
18.64.257 - Prescription of dialysis devices and legend drugs by dialysis programs.
18.64.265 - Schedule II controlled substance—Partial fill permitted.
18.64.270 - Responsibility for drug purity—Compounding—Adulteration—Penalty.
18.64.275 - Limitations on liability for dispensing of prescription.
18.64.310 - Department of health—Powers and duties.
18.64.350 - Nonresident pharmacies—Findings.
18.64.370 - Nonresident pharmacies—License required—Application—Renewal.
18.64.380 - Nonresident pharmacies—Information required—Inspection.
18.64.390 - Nonresident pharmacies—Violations—Penalties.
18.64.400 - Nonresident pharmacies—Definition—Advertising.
18.64.410 - Nonresident pharmacies—Rules.
18.64.420 - Nonresident pharmacies—Information confidential—Exceptions.
18.64.430 - Cost disclosure to health care providers.
18.64.460 - Health care entity—License fee—Requirements—Penalty.
18.64.470 - Health care entity—Records.
18.64.480 - Waiver request to allow importation of prescription drugs from Canada.
18.64.500 - Tamper-resistant prescription pads or paper.
18.64.510 - Limitation on authority to regulate or establish standards regarding a jail.
18.64.520 - Dispensing of drug other than controlled substance—Supply limit.
18.64.530 - Topical ophthalmic products—Early refills authorized.
18.64.550 - Chart order as prescription—Long-term care facilities and hospice programs.
18.64.560 - Nursing homes and hospice programs—Emergency drug kits—Supplemental dose kits.
18.64.580 - Long-term care pharmacies—Ratio of pharmacists to pharmacy technicians—Standards.
18.64.590 - Long-term care facilities and hospice programs—Commission authority.
18.64.600 - Opioid use disorder medications—Remote dispensing sites—Registration—Rules—Fees.