Revised Code of Washington (RCW) (Last Updated: August 9, 2016) |
Title 69. FOOD, DRUGS, COSMETICS, AND POISONS |
Chapter 69.41. Legend drugs—Prescription drugs. |
Section 69.41.020. Prohibited acts—Information not privileged communication.
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- Legend drugs shall not be sold, delivered, dispensed or administered except in accordance with this chapter.(1) No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain a legend drug, or procure or attempt to procure the administration of a legend drug:(a) By fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge; or(b) By the forgery or alteration of a prescription or of any written order; or(c) By the concealment of a material fact; or(d) By the use of a false name or the giving of a false address.(2) Information communicated to a practitioner in an effort unlawfully to procure a legend drug, or unlawfully to procure the administration of any such drug, shall not be deemed a privileged communication.(3) No person shall willfully make a false statement in any prescription, order, report, or record, required by this chapter.(4) No person shall, for the purpose of obtaining a legend drug, falsely assume the title of, or represent himself or herself to be, a manufacturer, wholesaler, or any practitioner.(5) No person shall make or utter any false or forged prescription or other written order for legend drugs.(6) No person shall affix any false or forged label to a package or receptacle containing legend drugs.(7) No person shall willfully fail to maintain the records required by RCW 69.41.042 and * 69.41.270.(8) A violation of this section is a class B felony punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.