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AN ACT Relating to the practice of pharmacy; amending RCW 18.64.043, 18.64.045, 18.64.046, 18.64.047, 18.64.140, 69.43.010, 69.43.090, 69.45.070, and 69.50.301; and adding a new section to chapter 18.64A RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 18.64.043 and 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 s 414 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The owner of each pharmacy shall pay an original license fee to be determined by the secretary, and annually thereafter, on or before a date to be determined by the secretary, a fee to be determined by the secretary, for which he or she shall receive a license of location, which shall entitle the owner to operate such pharmacy at the location specified, or such other temporary location as the secretary may approve, for the period ending on a date to be determined by the secretary, and each such owner shall at the time of filing proof of payment of such fee as provided in RCW 18.64.045 as now or hereafter amended, file with the department on a blank therefor provided, a declaration of ownership and location, which declaration of ownership and location so filed as aforesaid shall be deemed presumptive evidence of ownership of the pharmacy mentioned therein.

(2) It shall be the duty of the owner to immediately notify the department of any change of location or ownership and to keep the license of location or the renewal thereof properly exhibited in said pharmacy.

(3) Failure to comply with this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and each day that said failure continues shall be deemed a separate offense.

(4) In the event such license fee remains unpaid ((~~for sixty days from~~)) on the date due, no renewal or new license shall be issued except upon payment of the license renewal fee and a penalty fee equal to the original license fee.

Sec. 2. RCW 18.64.045 and 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 s 416 are each amended to read as follows:

The owner of each and every place of business which manufactures drugs shall pay a license fee to be determined by the secretary, and thereafter, on or before a date to be determined by the secretary, a fee to be determined by the secretary, for which the owner shall receive a license of location from the department, which shall entitle the owner to manufacture drugs at the location specified for the period ending on a date to be determined by the board, and each such owner shall at the time of payment of such fee file with the department, on a blank therefor provided, a declaration of ownership and location, which declaration of ownership and location so filed as aforesaid shall be deemed presumptive evidence of the ownership of such place of business mentioned therein. It shall be the duty of the owner to notify immediately the department of any change of location or ownership and to keep the license of location or the renewal thereof properly exhibited in such place of business. Failure to conform with this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and each day that said failure continues shall be deemed a separate offense. In event such license fee remains unpaid ((~~for sixty days from~~)) on the date due, no renewal or new license shall be issued except upon payment of the license renewal fee and a penalty fee equal to the license renewal fee.

Sec. 3. RCW 18.64.046 and 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 s 417 are each amended to read as follows:

The owner of each place of business which sells legend drugs and nonprescription drugs, or nonprescription drugs at wholesale shall pay a license fee to be determined by the secretary, and thereafter, on or before a date to be determined by the secretary, a like fee to be determined by the secretary, for which the owner shall receive a license of location from the department, which shall entitle such owner to either sell legend drugs and nonprescription drugs or nonprescription drugs at wholesale at the location specified for the period ending on a date to be determined by the board, and each such owner shall at the time of payment of such fee file with the department, on a blank therefor provided, a declaration of ownership and location, which declaration of ownership and location so filed as aforesaid shall be deemed presumptive evidence of the ownership of such place of business mentioned therein. It shall be the duty of the owner to notify immediately the department of any change of location and ownership and to keep the license of location or the renewal thereof properly exhibited in such place of business. Failure to conform with this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and each day that said failure continues shall be deemed a separate offense. In event such license fee remains unpaid ((~~for sixty days from~~)) on the date due, no renewal or new license shall be issued except upon payment of the license renewal fee and a penalty fee equal to the license renewal fee.

Sec. 4. RCW 18.64.047 and 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 s 418 are each amended to read as follows:

Any itinerant vendor or any peddler of any nonprescription drug or preparation for the treatment of disease or injury, shall pay a registration fee determined by the secretary on a date to be determined by the secretary. The department may issue a registration to such vendor on an approved application made to the department. Any itinerant vendor or peddler who shall vend or sell, or offer to sell to the public any such nonprescription drug or preparation without having registered to do so as provided in this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and each sale or offer to sell shall constitute a separate offense. In event such registration fee remains unpaid ((~~for sixty days from~~)) on the date due, no renewal or new registration shall be issued except upon payment of the registration renewal fee and a penalty fee equal to the renewal fee. This registration shall not authorize the sale of legend drugs or controlled substances.

Sec. 5. RCW 18.64.140 and 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 s 421 are each amended to read as follows:

Every licensed pharmacist who desires to practice pharmacy shall secure from the department a license, the fee for which shall be determined by the secretary. The renewal fee shall also be determined by the secretary. The date of renewal may be established by the secretary by regulation and the department may by regulation extend the duration of a licensing period for the purpose of staggering renewal periods. Such regulation may provide a method for imposing and collecting such additional proportional fee as may be required for the extended period. Payment of this fee shall entitle the licensee to a pharmacy law book, subsequent current mailings of all additions, changes, or deletions in the pharmacy practice act, chapter 18.64 RCW, and all additions, changes, or deletions of pharmacy board and department regulations. Pharmacists shall pay the license renewal fee and a penalty equal to the license renewal fee for the late renewal of their license ((~~more than sixty days after the renewal is due~~)). The current license shall be conspicuously displayed to the public in the pharmacy to which it applies. Any licensed pharmacist who desires to leave the active practice of pharmacy in this state may secure from the department an inactive license. The initial license and renewal fees shall be determined by the secretary. The holder of an inactive license may reactivate his or her license to practice pharmacy in accordance with rules adopted by the board.

Sec. 6. RCW 69.43.010 and 1988 c 147 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Beginning July 1, 1988, a report to the state board of pharmacy shall be submitted in accordance with this chapter by a manufacturer, retailer, or other person who sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes to any person in this state or from within this state to any person outside of this state any of the following substances or their salts or isomers:

(a) Anthranilic acid;

(b) Barbituric acid;

(d) Diethyl malonate;

(e) D-lysergic acid;

(f) Ephedrine;

(g) Ergotamine tartrate;

(h) Ethylamine;

(i) Ethyl malonate;

(j) Ethylephedrine;

(k) Lead acetate;

(l) Malonic acid;

(m) Methylamine;

(n) ((~~Methylformanide~~)) Methylformamide;

(o) Methylephedrine;

(p) Methylpseudoephedrine;

(q) N-acetylanthranilic acid;

(r) Norpseudoephedrine;

(s) Phenylacetic acid;

(t) Phenylpropanolamine;

(u) Piperidine;

(v) Pseudoephedrine; and

(w) Pyrrolidine.

(2) The state board of pharmacy shall administer this chapter and may, by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW, add a substance to or remove a substance from the list in subsection (1) of this section. In determining whether to add or remove a substance, the board shall consider the following:

(a) The likelihood that the substance is useable as a precursor in the illegal production of a controlled substance as defined in chapter 69.50 RCW;

(b) The availability of the substance;

(d) The extent and nature of legitimate uses for the substance.

(3) On or before December 1 of each year, the board shall inform the committees of reference of the legislature of the substances added, deleted, or changed in subsection (1) of this section and include an explanation of these actions.

(4) (a) Beginning on July 1, 1988, any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person shall, before selling, transferring, or otherwise furnishing any substance specified in subsection (1) of this section to a person in this state or from within this state to a person outside of this state, require proper identification from the purchaser.

(b) For the purposes of this subsection, "proper identification" means, in the case of a face-to-face purchase, a motor vehicle operator's license or other official state-issued identification of the purchaser containing a photograph of the purchaser, and includes the residential or mailing address of the purchaser, other than a post office box number, the motor vehicle license number of any motor vehicle owned or operated by the purchaser, a letter of authorization from any business for which any substance specified in subsection (1) of this section is being furnished, which includes the business license number and address of the business, a description of how the substance is to be used, and the signature of the purchaser. The person selling, transferring, or otherwise furnishing any substance specified in subsection (1) of this section shall affix his or her signature as a witness to the signature and identification of the purchaser. The state board of pharmacy shall provide by rule for the proper identification of purchasers in other than face-to-face purchases.

(5) Beginning on July 1, 1988, any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person who sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes the substance specified in subsection (1) of this section to a person in this state or from within this state to a person outside of this state shall, not less than twenty-one days before delivery of the substance, submit a report of the transaction, which includes the identification information specified in subsection (4) of this section to the state board of pharmacy. However, the state board of pharmacy may authorize the submission of the reports on a monthly basis with respect to repeated, regular transactions between the furnisher and the recipient involving the same substance if the state board of pharmacy determines that either of the following exist:

(a) A pattern of regular supply of the substance exists between the manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person who sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes such substance and the recipient of the substance; or

(b) The recipient has established a record of using the substance for lawful purposes.

(6) Any person specified in subsection (5) of this section who does not submit a report as required by that subsection is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

Sec. 7. RCW 69.43.090 and 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 s 443 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person who sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes any substance specified in RCW 69.43.010 to a person in this state or from within this state to a person outside of this state or who receives from a source outside of the state any substance specified in RCW 69.43.010 shall obtain a permit for the conduct of that business from the state board of pharmacy. However, a permit shall not be required of any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person for the sale, transfer, furnishing, or receipt of any drug that contains ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or pseudoephedrine, or of any cosmetic that contains a substance specified in RCW 69.43.010(1), if such drug or cosmetic is lawfully sold, transferred, or furnished over the counter without a prescription or by a prescription under chapter 69.04 or 69.41 RCW.

(2) Applications for permits shall be filed with the department in writing and signed by the applicant, and shall set forth the name of the applicant, the business in which the applicant is engaged, the business address of the applicant, and a full description of any substance sold, transferred, or otherwise furnished, or received.

(3) The board may grant permits on forms prescribed by it. The permits shall be effective for not more than one year from the date of issuance.

(4) Each applicant shall pay at the time of filing an application for a permit a fee determined by the department.

(5) A permit granted under this chapter may be renewed on a date to be determined by the board, and annually thereafter, upon the filing of a renewal application and the payment of a permit renewal fee determined by the department.

(6) Permit fees charged by the department shall not exceed the costs incurred by the department in administering this chapter.

(7) Selling, transferring, or otherwise furnishing, or receiving any substance specified in RCW 69.43.010 without a required permit, is a gross misdemeanor.

Sec. 8. RCW 69.45.070 and 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 s 447 are each amended to read as follows:

The department may charge reasonable fees for registration. The registration fee shall not exceed the fee charged by the department for a pharmacy location license. If the registration fee is not paid on or before the date due, a renewal or new registration may be issued only upon payment of the registration renewal fee and a penalty fee equal to the registration renewal fee.

Sec. 9. RCW 69.50.301 and 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 s 431 are each amended to read as follows:

The state board of pharmacy may promulgate rules and the secretary may set fees ((~~of not less than ten dollars or more than fifty dollars~~)) in accordance with RCW 43.70.250 relating to the registration and control of the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of controlled substances within this state.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 10. A new section is added to chapter 18.64A RCW to read as follows:

If a pharmacy assistant allows his or her certificate to lapse by failing to renew on or before the date due, a renewal or new license may be issued only upon payment of the certification fee and a penalty fee equal to the original certification fee.