PDFWAC 246-887-090

Authority to control.

Pursuant to the authority granted to the pharmacy quality assurance commission (commission) in RCW 69.50.201, the commission has considered the following factors with regards to each of the substances listed in this chapter and in chapter 69.50 RCW:
(1) The actual or relative potential for abuse;
(2) The scientific evidence of its pharmacological effect, if known;
(3) The state of current scientific knowledge regarding the substance;
(4) The history and current pattern of abuse;
(5) The scope, duration, and significance of abuse;
(6) The risk to the public health;
(7) The potential of the substance to produce psychic or psychological dependence liability; and
(8) Whether the substance is an immediate precursor of a substance already controlled under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act (chapter 69.50 RCW).
[Statutory Authority: RCW 69.50.201. WSR 19-06-068, § 246-887-090, filed 3/5/19, effective 4/5/19. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.64.005 and chapter 18.64A RCW. WSR 91-18-057 (Order 191B), recodified as § 246-887-090, filed 8/30/91, effective 9/30/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 69.50.201, 69.50.203, 69.50.205, 69.50.207, 69.50.209 and 69.50.211. WSR 84-22-062 (Order 190), § 360-36-400, filed 11/7/84.]