WSR 97-20-167

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

(Board of Pharmacy)

[Filed October 1, 1997, 11:58 a.m.]

Date of Adoption: August 18, 1997.

Purpose: Repeal rules. The rule was required when the Board of Pharmacy was an independent agency. The board is now under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health. The department has adopted rules to comply with chapter 42.17 RCW.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 246-893-001 through 246-893-998.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.64.005.

Adopted under preproposal statement of inquiry filed as WSR 97-14-065 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 16.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 16.

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

September 17, 1997

D. H. Williams

for Arthur E. Yeoman