WSR 16-16-071 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Veterinary Board of Governors) [Filed July 28, 2016, 11:49 a.m., effective August 28, 2016]
Purpose: WAC 246-933-350 Release of a veterinary prescription, the rule adds a new section to require a veterinarian to release a veterinary prescription to a client upon request. Honoring a client's request for a prescription in lieu of dispensing is a provision of the American Veterinary Medicine Association Principals of Veterinary Medical Ethics.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.92.030.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-10-102 on December 9, 2015 [May 4, 2016].
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Editing changes only.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Loralei Walker, Washington State Department of Health, Veterinary Board of Governors, P.O. Box 47852, Olympia, WA 98504-7852, phone (360) 236-4947, fax (360) 236-2901, e-mail Loralei.Walker@doh.wa.gov.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 20, 2016.
Suzan Seelye, DVM, Chair
Veterinary Board of Governors
NEW SECTION
WAC 246-933-350 Release of a veterinary prescription.
(1) If requested by the client, a veterinarian must provide a written prescription for any medication prescribed by that veterinarian under a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship.
(2) As an alternative to a written prescription, if requested by the client, the veterinarian must call or send the prescription by electronic means consistent with state and federal law, to any pharmacy of the client's choosing that is licensed under chapter 18.64 RCW.
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