Washington § 69.50.402 - Prohibited acts: B — Penalties.

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§ 69.50.402. Prohibited acts: B — Penalties.

(1) It is unlawful for any person:
(a) Who is subject to Article III to distribute or dispense a controlled substance in violation of RCW 69.50.308;
(b) Who is a registrant, to manufacture a controlled substance not authorized by his or her registration, or to distribute or dispense a controlled substance not authorized by his or her registration to another registrant or other authorized person;
(c) Who is a practitioner, to prescribe, order, dispense, administer, supply, or give to any person:
(i) Any amphetamine, including its salts, optical isomers, and salts of optical isomers classified as a Schedule II controlled substance by the commission pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW; or
(ii) Any nonnarcotic stimulant classified as a Schedule II controlled substance and designated as a nonnarcotic stimulant by the commission pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW;
except for the treatment of narcolepsy, or for the treatment of hyperkinesis, or for the treatment of drug-induced brain dysfunction, or for the treatment of epilepsy, or for the differential diagnostic psychiatric evaluation of depression, or for the treatment of depression shown to be refractory to other therapeutic modalities, or for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, or for the treatment of any other disease states or conditions for which the United States food and drug administration has approved an indication, or for the clinical investigation of the effects of such drugs or compounds, in which case an investigative protocol therefor shall have been submitted to and reviewed and approved by the commission before the investigation has been begun: PROVIDED, That the commission, in consultation with the Washington medical commission and the osteopathic disciplinary board, may establish by rule, pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW, disease states or conditions in addition to those listed in this subsection for the treatment of which Schedule II nonnarcotic stimulants may be prescribed, ordered, dispensed, administered, supplied, or given to patients by practitioners: AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, That investigations by the commission of abuse of prescriptive authority by physicians, licensed pursuant to chapter 18.71 RCW, pursuant to subsection (1)(c) of this section shall be done in consultation with the Washington medical commission;
(d) To refuse or fail to make, keep or furnish any record, notification, order form, statement, invoice, or information required under this chapter;
(e) To refuse an entry into any premises for any inspection authorized by this chapter; or
(f) Knowingly to keep or maintain any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling, building, vehicle, boat, aircraft, or other structure or place, which is resorted to by persons using controlled substances in violation of this chapter for the purpose of using these substances, or which is used for keeping or selling them in violation of this chapter.
(2) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a class C felony and upon conviction may be imprisoned for not more than two years, fined not more than two thousand dollars, or both.
[ 2019 c 55 s 12; 2016 c 150 s 1; 2013 c 19 s 107; 2010 c 177 s 7; 2003 c 53 s 338; 1994 sp.s. c 9 s 740; 1980 c 138 s 6; 1979 ex.s. c 119 s 1; 1971 ex.s. c 308 s 69.50.402.]

Notes

Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Severability—Headings and captions not law—Effective date—1994 sp.s. c 9: See RCW 18.79.900 through 18.79.902.

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