Wash. Admin. Code § 246-470-052 - Facility and provider group access to information from the program
(1) Access.
(a) A health care facility or entity may have
access to prescription monitoring information for the purpose of providing
medical or pharmaceutical care to the patients of the facility or entity or for
quality improvement purposes, provided that the facility or entity is licensed
by the department, operated by the federal government, or a federally
recognized Indian tribe.
(b) A
health care provider group of five or more prescribers may have access to
prescription monitoring information for the purpose of providing medical or
pharmaceutical care to the patients, or for quality improvement purposes,
provided that all prescribers in the provider group are licensed by the
department, the provider group is operated by the federal government or a
federally recognized Indian tribe.
(2) Registration for access. A facility or
entity identified in subsection (1)(a) of this section or a provider group of
five or more prescribers identified in subsection (1)(b) of this section may
register for access by using the registration process established by the
department.
(3) Verification by the
department. The department or its designee shall verify the authentication and
identity of the facility, entity, or provider group before allowing access to
any prescription monitoring information.
(4) Procedure for accessing prescription
information. A facility, entity, or provider group identified in subsection (1)
of this section must access information from the program electronically through
a method approved by the department.
(5) If the connection between the facility,
entity, or provider group and the program is compromised, the facility, entity,
or provider group shall notify the department's designee by telephone and in
writing as soon as reasonably possible.
(6) All requests for, uses of, and
disclosures of prescription monitoring information by authorized persons must
be consistent with the mandate as outlined in
RCW
70.225.040 and this chapter.
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