WSR 97-20-165

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

(Board of Pharmacy)

[Filed October 1, 1997, 11:56 a.m.]

Date of Adoption: August 18, 1997.

Purpose: Rules is not necessary. Rule was adopted in anticipation of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approving a "third class" of drugs. The FDA does not anticipate such a class of drugs.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 246-869-260.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.64.005.

Adopted under preproposal statement of inquiry filed as WSR 97-14-069 on June 30, 1997.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

September 26, 1997

Arthur Yeoman