WSR 17-11-117 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission) [Filed May 23, 2017, 11:12 a.m., effective June 23, 2017] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: WAC 246-861-105 Suicide prevention education, adopting a new rule to establish a one-time continuing education requirement for pharmacists in suicide prevention as required by RCW 43.70.442. The training must be at least three hours in suicide screening and referral with content related to the assessment of issues related to imminent harm via lethal means, and be from the department of health's model list of training programs.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.64.005.
Other Authority: RCW 43.70.442.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-05-014 on February 3, 2017.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Subsection (1) was changed to be consistent with RCW 43.70.442(2) regarding when training must be completed. In subsection (3) the word "chapter" was changed to "section" for accuracy.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Doreen Beebe, Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission, P.O. Box 47852, Olympia, WA 98504-7852, phone (360) 236-4834, fax (360) 236-2260, email Doreen.Beebe@doh.wa.gov.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: March 30, 2017.
Tim Lynch, PharmD, MS, Chair
Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission
NEW SECTION
WAC 246-861-105 Suicide prevention education.
(1) A licensed pharmacist must complete a one-time training in suicide screening and referral by the end of the first full continuing education reporting period after January 1, 2017, or during the first full continuing education reporting period after initial licensure, whichever is later. The training must meet the following requirements:
(a) The training is at least three hours long;
(b) Until July 1, 2017, training must be an empirically supported training in suicide screening and referral, and meet any other requirements in RCW 43.70.442; and
(c) Beginning July 1, 2017, training must be on the department of health's model list of approved suicide prevention training programs, and include content related to imminent harm via lethal means.
(2) The hours spent completing the training in this section count toward meeting continuing education requirements in WAC 246-861-090.
(3) Nothing in this section is intended to expand or limit the pharmacist scope of practice.
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