RCW 18.64.480
Waiver request to allow importation of prescription drugs from Canada.
(1) By September 1, 2005, the commission shall, in consultation with the department and the health care authority, submit a waiver request to the federal food and drug administration that authorizes the importation of prescription drugs from Canada.
(2) Upon approval of the federal waiver allowing for the importation of prescription drugs from Canada, the commission, in consultation with the department and the health care authority, shall license Canadian pharmacies that provide services to Washington residents under RCW 18.64.350 and 18.64.360.
[ 2013 c 19 § 28; 2005 c 275 § 4.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2005 c 275: See note following RCW 18.64.350.
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.