RCW 69.04.720
Advertising of cure of certain diseases deemed false.
The advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclerosis, blood poison, bone disease, Bright's disease, cancer, carbuncles, cholecystitis, diabetes, diphtheria, dropsy, erysipelas, gallstones, heart and vascular diseases, high blood pressure, mastoiditis, measles, meningitis, mumps, nephritis, otitis media, paralysis, pneumonia, poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis), prostate gland disorders, pyelitis, scarlet fever, sexual impotence, sinus infection, smallpox, tuberculosis, tumors, typhoid, uremia, *venereal disease, shall also be deemed to be false; except that no advertisement not in violation of RCW 69.04.710 shall be deemed to be false under this section if it is disseminated only to members of the medical, veterinary, dental, pharmacal, and other legally recognized professions dealing with the healing arts, or appears only in the scientific periodicals of these professions, or is disseminated only for the purpose of public health education by persons not commercially interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale of such drugs or devices: PROVIDED, That whenever the director determines that an advance in medical science has made any type of self-medication safe as to any of the diseases named above, the director shall by regulation authorize the advertisement of drugs having curative or therapeutic effect for such disease, subject to such conditions and restrictions as the director may deem necessary in the interest of public health: PROVIDED FURTHER, That this section shall not be construed as indicating that self-medication for diseases other than those named herein is safe or efficacious.
[ 1945 c 257 § 90; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6163-139.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The term "venereal disease" was changed to "sexually transmitted disease" by 1988 c 206.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons
Chapter 69.04 - Intrastate Commerce in Drugs and Cosmetics.
69.04.001 - Statement of purpose.
69.04.003 - "Federal act" defined.
69.04.004 - "Intrastate commerce."
69.04.012 - "Official compendium."
69.04.014 - "Immediate container."
69.04.016 - "Misleading labeling or advertisement," how determined.
69.04.017 - "Antiseptic" as germicide.
69.04.018 - "New drug" defined.
69.04.020 - "Contaminated with filth."
69.04.050 - Remedy by injunction.
69.04.060 - Criminal penalty for violations.
69.04.070 - Additional penalty.
69.04.080 - Avoidance of penalty.
69.04.090 - Liability of disseminator of advertisement.
69.04.100 - Condemnation of adulterated or misbranded article.
69.04.110 - Embargo of articles.
69.04.120 - Procedure on embargo.
69.04.130 - Petitions may be consolidated.
69.04.140 - Claimant entitled to sample.
69.04.150 - Damages not recoverable if probable cause existed.
69.04.170 - Minor infractions.
69.04.180 - Proceedings to be in name of state.
69.04.370 - Right of access for inspection.
69.04.410 - Drugs—Adulteration by harmful substances.
69.04.420 - Drugs—Adulteration for failure to comply with compendium standard.
69.04.430 - Drugs—Adulteration for lack of represented purity or quality.
69.04.440 - Drugs—Adulteration by admixture or substitution of ingredients.
69.04.450 - Drugs—Misbranding by false labeling.
69.04.460 - Packaged drugs—Misbranding.
69.04.470 - Drugs—Misbranding by lack of prominent label.
69.04.480 - Drugs—Misbranding for failure to state content of habit forming drug.
69.04.490 - Drugs—Misbranding by failure to show usual name and ingredients.
69.04.500 - Drugs—Misbranding by failure to give directions for use and warnings.
69.04.510 - Drugs—Misbranding for improper packaging and labeling.
69.04.520 - Drugs—Misbranding for failure to show possibility of deterioration.
69.04.530 - Drugs—Misbranding by misleading representation.
69.04.540 - Drugs—Misbranding by sale without prescription of drug requiring it.
69.04.550 - Drugs exempt if in transit for completion purposes.
69.04.560 - Dispensing of certain drugs exempt.
69.04.565 - DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide) authorized.
69.04.570 - Introduction of new drug.
69.04.580 - Application for introduction.
69.04.590 - Effective date of application.
69.04.600 - Denial of application.
69.04.610 - Revocation of denial.
69.04.620 - Service of order of denial.
69.04.630 - Drug for investigational use exempt.
69.04.640 - Court review of denial.
69.04.650 - Dispensing of certain drugs exempt.
69.04.660 - Federally licensed drugs exempt.
69.04.670 - Cosmetics—Adulteration by injurious substances.
69.04.680 - Cosmetics—Misbranding by false label, etc.
69.04.690 - Cosmetics—Misbranding by lack of prominent label.
69.04.700 - Cosmetics exempt if in transit for completion purposes.
69.04.710 - Advertisement, when deemed false.
69.04.720 - Advertising of cure of certain diseases deemed false.
69.04.730 - Enforcement, where vested—Regulations.
69.04.740 - Regulations to conform with federal regulations.
69.04.761 - Hearing on proposed regulation—Procedure.
69.04.770 - Review on petition prior to effective date.
69.04.780 - Investigations—Samples—Right of entry—Verified statements.
69.04.790 - Owner may obtain part of sample.
69.04.800 - Access to records of other agencies.
69.04.810 - Access to records of intrastate carriers.
69.04.820 - Right of entry to factories, warehouses, vehicles, etc.
69.04.830 - Publication of reports of judgments, orders and decrees.
69.04.840 - Dissemination of information.
69.04.850 - Construction—1945 c 257.