RCW 69.41.020
Prohibited acts—Information not privileged communication.
Legend drugs shall not be sold, delivered, dispensed or administered except in accordance with this chapter.
(1) No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain a legend drug, or procure or attempt to procure the administration of a legend drug:
(a) By fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge; or
(b) By the forgery or alteration of a prescription or of any written order; or
(c) By the concealment of a material fact; or
(d) By the use of a false name or the giving of a false address.
(2) Information communicated to a practitioner in an effort unlawfully to procure a legend drug, or unlawfully to procure the administration of any such drug, shall not be deemed a privileged communication.
(3) No person shall willfully make a false statement in any prescription, order, report, or record, required by this chapter.
(4) No person shall, for the purpose of obtaining a legend drug, falsely assume the title of, or represent himself or herself to be, a manufacturer, wholesaler, or any practitioner.
(5) No person shall make or utter any false or forged prescription or other written order for legend drugs.
(6) No person shall affix any false or forged label to a package or receptacle containing legend drugs.
(7) No person shall willfully fail to maintain the records required by RCW 69.41.042 and * 69.41.270.
(8) A violation of this section is a class B felony punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.
[ 2003 c 53 § 322. Prior: 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 408; 1989 c 352 § 8; 1973 1st ex.s. c 186 § 2.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 69.41.270 was repealed by 2003 c 275 § 5.
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 69 - Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Poisons
Chapter 69.41 - Legend Drugs—Prescription Drugs.
69.41.020 - Prohibited acts—Information not privileged communication.
69.41.032 - Prescription of legend drugs and dialysate by dialysis programs.
69.41.040 - Prescription requirements—Penalty.
69.41.042 - Record requirements.
69.41.050 - Labeling requirements—Penalty.
69.41.060 - Search and seizure.
69.41.062 - Search and seizure at rental premises—Notification of landlord.
69.41.065 - Violations—Juvenile driving privileges.
69.41.072 - Violations of chapter 69.50 RCW not to be charged under chapter 69.41 RCW—Exception.
69.41.075 - Rules—Availability of lists of drugs.
69.41.080 - Animal control—Rules for possession and use of legend drugs.
69.41.085 - Medication assistance—Community-based care setting.
69.41.095 - Opioid overdose reversal medication—Standing order permitted.
69.41.100 - Legislative recognition and declaration.
69.41.130 - Savings in price to be passed on to purchaser.
69.41.140 - Minimum manufacturing standards and practices.
69.41.150 - Liability of practitioner, pharmacist.
69.41.160 - Pharmacy signs as to substitution for prescribed drugs.
69.41.170 - Coercion of pharmacist prohibited—Penalty.
69.41.190 - Preferred drug substitution—Exceptions—Notice—Limited restrictions.
69.41.200 - Requirements for identification of legend drugs—Marking.
69.41.220 - Published lists of drug imprints—Requirements for.
69.41.230 - Drugs in violation are contraband.
69.41.240 - Rules—Labeling and marking.
69.41.260 - Manufacture or distribution for resale—Requirements.
69.41.320 - Practitioners—Restricted use—Medical records.
69.41.330 - Public warnings—School districts.