Washington § 70.41.490 - Authorization for certain transfers of drugs between hospitals and their affiliated companies.

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§ 70.41.490. Authorization for certain transfers of drugs between hospitals and their affiliated companies.

(1) The legislature recognizes that in order for hospitals to ensure drugs are accessible to patients and the public to meet hospital and community health care needs, certain transfers of drugs must be authorized between hospitals and their affiliated or related companies under common ownership and control of the corporate entity and for emergency medical reasons.
(2) A licensed hospital pharmacy is permitted, without a wholesaler license, to:
(a) Engage in intracompany sales, being defined as any transaction or transfer between any division, subsidiary, parent company, affiliated company, or related company under common ownership and control of the corporate entity, unless the transfer occurs between a wholesale distributor and a health care entity or practitioner; and
(b) Sell, purchase, or trade a drug or offer to sell, purchase, or trade a drug for emergency medical reasons. For the purposes of this subsection, "emergency medical reasons" includes transfers of prescription drugs to alleviate a temporary shortage, except that the gross dollar value of the transfers may not exceed five percent of the total prescription drug sale revenue of either the transferor or transferee pharmacy during any twelve consecutive month period.
[ 2015 c 234 s 2.]

Source: official Washington text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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