WSR 16-18-087
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
[Filed September 6, 2016, 1:19 p.m., effective October 7, 2016]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: WAC 246-907-030 Pharmaceutical licensing periods—Fees and renewal cycle, the adopted rule increases application and renewal fees for Controlled Substances Act (CSA) researcher registration and separates it from the "Other CSA registrations" category. Revenue does not support the cost of inspections. RCW 43.70.250 requires the cost of each licensing program to be fully borne by the profession's members and fees to be based on the licensing program's costs.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-907-030.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 69.50.302, 43.70.250.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-12-044 on May 25, 2016.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: September 6, 2016.
Kristin Peterson, JD
Deputy Secretary
for John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH
Secretary
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 11-20-092, filed 10/4/11, effective 12/1/11)
WAC 246-907-030 Pharmaceutical licensing periods and fees—Fees and renewal cycle.
(1) Pharmacist, pharmacy technician, and pharmacy intern licenses must be renewed every year on the practitioner's birthday as provided in chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 2.
(2) Pharmacy location, controlled substance registration (pharmacy), Controlled Substances Act researcher registration, pharmacy technician utilization, and shopkeepers differential hours licenses will expire on June 1 of each year.
(3) All other licenses, including health care entity licenses, registrations, permits, or certifications will expire on October 1 of each year.
(4) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for pharmacy location:
Title of fee
Fee
Original pharmacy fee
$370.00
Original pharmacy technician
utilization fee
65.00
Renewal pharmacy fee
405.00
Renewal pharmacy technician
utilization fee
75.00
Penalty pharmacy fee
205.00
(5) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for vendor:
Original fee
75.00
Renewal fee
75.00
Penalty fee
50.00
(6) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for pharmacist:
Original license fee
145.00
Renewal fee, active and inactive license
190.00
Renewal fee, retired license
25.00
Penalty fee
100.00
Expired license reissuance (active and inactive)
90.00
Reciprocity fee
335.00
Certification of license status to other states
30.00
Retired license
25.00
Temporary permit
65.00
(7) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for shopkeeper:
Original fee
40.00
Renewal fee
40.00
Penalty fee
40.00
Shopkeeper - With differential hours:
Original fee
35.00
Renewal fee
35.00
Penalty fee
35.00
(8) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for drug manufacturer:
Original fee
590.00
Renewal fee
590.00
Penalty fee
295.00
(9) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for drug wholesaler - Full line:
Original fee
590.00
Renewal fee
590.00
Penalty fee
295.00
(10) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for drug wholesaler - OTC only:
Original fee
330.00
Renewal fee
330.00
Penalty fee
165.00
(11) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for drug wholesaler - Export:
Original fee
590.00
Renewal fee
590.00
Penalty
295.00
(12) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for drug wholesaler - Export nonprofit humanitarian organization.
Original fee
25.00
Renewal fee
25.00
Penalty
25.00
(13) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for pharmacy technician:
Original fee
60.00
Renewal fee
50.00
Penalty fee
50.00
Expired license reissuance
50.00
(14) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for pharmacy intern:
Original registration fee
30.00
Renewal registration fee
30.00
(15) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for Controlled Substances Act (CSA):
Registrations
Dispensing registration fee (i.e., pharmacies and health care entities)
80.00
Dispensing renewal fee (i.e., pharmacies and health care entities)
65.00
Distributors registration fee (i.e., wholesalers)
115.00
Distributors renewal fee (i.e., wholesalers)
115.00
Manufacturers registration fee
115.00
Manufacturers renewal fee
115.00
Sodium pentobarbital for animal euthanization registration fee
40.00
Sodium pentobarbital for animal euthanization renewal fee
40.00
Researchers registration fee
400.00
Researchers renewal fee
400.00
Other CSA registrations
40.00
(16) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for legend drug sample - Distributor:
Registration fees
Original fee
365.00
Renewal fee
265.00
Penalty fee
135.00
(17) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for poison manufacturer/seller - License fees:
Original fee
40.00
Renewal fee
40.00
(18) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for facility inspection fee:
 
200.00
(19) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for precursor control permit:
Original fee
65.00
Renewal fee
65.00
(20) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for license reissue:
Reissue fee
30.00
(21) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged for health care entity:
Original fee
365.00
Renewal
265.00
Penalty
135.00