BILL REQ. #:  H-1344.1 

Read first time 01/29/2007.   Referred to Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness.

     AN ACT Relating to automating the reporting requirements for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine sales by establishing a state repository; adding a new section to chapter 69.43 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   Washington currently requires retailers to record sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine in either written or electronic logs. However, the legislature finds that electronic logs are much more useful to law enforcement in their efforts to prevent the manufacture of harmful methamphetamines. Therefore, the legislature finds that requiring sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine to be kept in an electronic format and submitted to a centralized repository is in the best interest of the state and public safety.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 69.43 RCW to read as follows:
     The state board of pharmacy shall:
     (1) Require the collection and maintenance of electronic logs to record retail transactions involving ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine; and
     (2) Establish and maintain a repository of the electronic logs furnished to the board under this chapter. This repository shall:
     (a) Keep each log furnished to the board for a period of two years;
     (b) Be capable of checking compliance against all local, state, and federal laws, including interfacing with other states to assure comprehensive compliance; and
     (c) Be accessible to all city, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.