BILL REQ. #:  H-0228.1 

Prefiled 12/28/2004. Read first time 01/10/2005.   Referred to Committee on Health Care.

     AN ACT Relating to requiring photo identification in the sale and purchase of products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine; and adding a new section to chapter 69.43 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 69.43 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) A pharmacy licensed by, or shopkeeper or itinerant vendor registered with, the department of health under chapter 18.64 RCW, or an employee thereof, or a practitioner as defined in RCW 18.64.011, may not knowingly sell, transfer, or otherwise furnish to any person a product that he or she knows to contain ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, without first obtaining photo identification of the person that shows the date of birth of the person, and having the person sign a written log or receipt showing the date of the transaction, name of the person, and the amount of the product being sold, transferred, or otherwise furnished.
     (2) A person buying or receiving a product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, from a pharmacy licensed by, or shopkeeper or itinerant vendor registered with, the department of health under chapter 18.64 RCW, or an employee thereof, or a practitioner as defined in RCW 18.64.011, must first produce photo identification of the person that shows the date of birth of the person, and sign a written log or receipt showing the date of the transaction, name of the person, and the amount of the product being sold, transferred, or otherwise furnished.