§ 18-64-550

RCW 18.64.550Chart order as prescription—Long-term care facilities and hospice programs.(1) A chart order must be considered a prescription if it contains:(a) The full name of the patient;(b) The date of issuance;(c) The name, strength, and dosage form of the drug prescribed;(d) Directions for use; and(e) An authorized signature. The order must contain the prescribing practitioner's signature or the signature of the practitioner's authorized agent, including the name of the prescribing practitioner.(2) A licensed nurse, pharmacist, or physician practicing in a long-term care facility or hospice program may act as the practitioner's agent for purposes of this chapter, without need for a written agency agreement, to document a chart order in the patient's medical record on behalf of the prescribing practitioner pending the prescribing practitioner's signature; or to communicate a prescription to a pharmacy whether telephonically, via facsimile, or electronically. The communication of a prescription to a dispenser by the prescriber's agent has the same force and effect as if communicated directly by the authorized practitioner.(3) Nothing in this chapter prevents an authorized

of a prescription to a dispenser by the prescriber's agent has the same force and effect as if communicated directly by the authorized practitioner.(3) Nothing in this chapter prevents an authorized credentialed employee of a long-term care facility from transmitting a chart order pursuant to RCW 74.42.230, or transmitting a prescription on behalf of a resident to the extent otherwise authorized by law.[ 2020 c 57 s 27; 2016 c 148 s 2.]