CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5381

                    Chapter 47, Laws of 1991

                        52nd Legislature

                      1991 Regular Session

  VETERINARIANS‑-AUTHORITY TO DISPENSE LEGEND DRUGS PRESCRIBED

                    BY ANOTHER VETERINARIAN

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/28/91

Passed by the Senate March 13, 1991

  Yeas 46   Nays 0

           ALAN BLUECHEL           

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 10, 1991

  Yeas 93   Nays 0

              JOE KING             

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

Approved April 24, 1991

           BOOTH GARDNER           

Governor of the State of Washington

CERTIFICATE

I, Gordon Golob, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5381 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

           GORDON A. GOLOB             Secretary

                                     FILED         

               April 24, 1991 - 11:08 a.m.

                        Secretary of State   

                       State of Washington

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                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5381

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                     Passed Legislature - 1991 Regular Session

State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Health & Long‑Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators West, Gaspard, Bailey, Hansen, Bauer and L. Smith).Read first time February 18, 1991.Allowing a veterinarian to dispense legend drugs prescribed by another veterinarian.

     AN ACT Relating to veterinary medicine; and adding a new section to chapter 18.92 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 18.92 RCW to read as follows:

     A veterinarian licensed under this chapter may dispense veterinary legend drugs prescribed by other veterinarians licensed under this chapter, so long as, during any year, the total drugs so dispensed do not constitute more than five percent of the total dosage units of legend drugs the veterinarian dispenses and the veterinarian maintains records of his or her dispensing activities consistent with the requirements of chapters 18.64, 69.04, 69.41, and 69.50 RCW.  For purposes of this section, a "veterinary legend drug" is a legend drug, as defined in chapter 69.41 RCW, which is either:  (1) Restricted to use by licensed veterinarians by any law or regulation of the federal government, or (2) designated by rule by the state board of pharmacy as being a legend drug that one licensed veterinarian may dispense for another licensed veterinarian under this section.

     Passed the Senate March 13, 1991.

     Passed the House April 10, 1991.

Approved by the Governor April 24, 1991.

     Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 24, 1991.