S-518                 _______________________________________________

                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5319

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators West, McMullen, Smitherman, DeJarnatt, Benitz, Fleming and Niemi

Read first time 1/20/89 and referred to Committee on   Health Care & Corrections.

AN ACT Relating to the use of drugs or autotransfusion to enhance athletic ability; adding a new section to chapter 18.57 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.72 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 18.57 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) A physician shall not prescribe, administer, or dispense anabolic steroids, growth hormones, testosterone or its analogs, human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), other hormones, or any form of autotransfusion for the purpose of enhancing athletic ability.

          (2) A physician shall complete and maintain patient medical records which accurately reflect the prescribing, administering, or dispensing of any substance or drug described in this section or any form of autotransfusion.  Patient medical records shall indicate the diagnosis and purpose for which the substance, drug, or autotransfusion is prescribed, administered, or dispensed and any additional information upon which the diagnosis is based.

          (3) A violation of any provision of this section shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action under RCW 18.130.180.

          (4) For violation of RCW 69.41.030, involving the prescription, administration, or dispensation of drugs or autotransfusions to enhance athletic ability, the offender is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 18.72 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) A physician shall not prescribe, administer, or dispense anabolic steroids, growth hormones, testosterone or its analogs, human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), other hormones, or any form of autotransfusion for the purpose of enhancing athletic ability.

          (2) A physician shall complete and maintain patient medical records which accurately reflect the prescribing, administering, or dispensing of any substance or drug described in this section or any form of autotransfusion.  Patient medical records shall indicate the diagnosis and purpose for which the substance, drug, or autotransfusion is prescribed, administered, or dispensed and any additional information upon which the diagnosis is based.

          (3) A violation of any provision of this section shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action under RCW 18.130.180.

          (4) For violation of RCW 69.41.030, involving the prescription, administration, or dispensation of drugs or autotransfusions to enhance athletic ability, the offender is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.