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PostDateIcon Sun, 11/07/2010 - 02:28 | PostAuthorIcon TerryWinters
PDMP Region: 
West
Name of Program: 
Prescription Review
Website: 
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Agency Name: 
Washington State Deptartment of Health
Agency Type: 
Department of Health
Agency Contact(s): 
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State Information
State Population: 
6,971,406
Number of Pharmacies in State: 
1,280
Number of Practitioners/Prescribers: 
37,145
Prescription Records collected in 2011: 
3,614,306
Frequency of data collected: 
Daily
Data collected from pharmacies?: 
yes
Data collected from dispensing practitioners?: 
yes
Patient History Reports in 2011: 
929
Drug Schedules Monitored
Schedule II: 
yes
Schedule III: 
yes
Schedule IV: 
yes
Schedule V: 
yes
Who May Request Patient Information?
Prescribers: 
yes
Pharmacists: 
yes
Pharmacies: 
no
Law Enforcement: 
yes
Licensing Boards: 
yes
Patients: 
yes
If other requester (specify): 
Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Prosecutor, Medicaid Fraud and Abuse, Workers Compensation State, Medical Examiner, Correctional Supervision, Researcher, Prescriber Delegate, Other PDMPs
De-identified data provided to researchers?: 
yes
Comments on de-identified data permissions: 
Must be for statistical, research, or educational purposes after removing information that could be used to identify individual patients, dispensers, prescribers, and persons who received prescriptions from dispensers.
Legislation
Year PMP Legislation Enacted: 
2007
Year PMP Became Operational: 
2011
Laws/statute Citation: 
WA Code §§70.225
Laws Citation Website: 
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Regulation/Rule Citations: 
WA Admin Code §§ 246-470
Regulation/Rule Website: 
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