jamessr
08-18-2010, 08:47 AM
Per the legislature medical marijuana is a prescription drug.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202010/2443-S.SL.pdf
(x) "Prescription" means an order for controlled substances issued
12 by a practitioner duly authorized by law or rule in the state of
13 Washington to prescribe controlled substances within the scope of his
14 or her professional practice for a legitimate medical purpose.
rcw 69.51A.030..(1) Advising a qualifying patient about the risks and benefits of medical use of marijuana or that the qualifying patient may benefit from the medical use of marijuana where such use is within a professional standard of care or in the individual physician's medical judgment; or
rcw 69.51A.010..(5) "Valid documentation" means:
(a) A statement signed by a qualifying patient's physician, or a copy of the qualifying patient's pertinent medical records, which states that, in the physician's professional opinion, the patient may benefit from the medical use of marijuana;
(w) "Practitioner" means:
21 (1) A physician under chapter 18.71 RCW((,)); a physician assistant
22 under chapter 18.71A RCW((,)); an osteopathic physician and surgeon
23 under chapter 18.57 RCW((,)); an osteopathic physician assistant under
24 chapter 18.57A RCW who is licensed under RCW 18.57A.020 subject to any
25 limitations in RCW 18.57A.040; an optometrist licensed under chapter
26 18.53 RCW who is certified by the optometry board under RCW 18.53.010
27 subject to any limitations in RCW 18.53.010((,)); a dentist under
28 chapter 18.32 RCW((,)); a podiatric physician and surgeon under chapter
29 18.22 RCW((,)); a veterinarian under chapter 18.92 RCW((,)); a
30 registered nurse, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or licensed
31 practical nurse under chapter 18.79 RCW((,)); a naturopathic physician
32 under chapter 18.36A RCW who is licensed under RCW 18.36A.030 subject
33 to any limitations in RCW 18.36A.040; a pharmacist under chapter 18.64
34 RCW or a scientific investigator under this chapter, licensed,
35 registered or otherwise permitted insofar as is consistent with those
36 licensing laws to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect
37 to or administer a controlled substance in the course of their
38 professional practice or research in this state.
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http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202010/2443-S.SL.pdf
(x) "Prescription" means an order for controlled substances issued
12 by a practitioner duly authorized by law or rule in the state of
13 Washington to prescribe controlled substances within the scope of his
14 or her professional practice for a legitimate medical purpose.
rcw 69.51A.030..(1) Advising a qualifying patient about the risks and benefits of medical use of marijuana or that the qualifying patient may benefit from the medical use of marijuana where such use is within a professional standard of care or in the individual physician's medical judgment; or
rcw 69.51A.010..(5) "Valid documentation" means:
(a) A statement signed by a qualifying patient's physician, or a copy of the qualifying patient's pertinent medical records, which states that, in the physician's professional opinion, the patient may benefit from the medical use of marijuana;
(w) "Practitioner" means:
21 (1) A physician under chapter 18.71 RCW((,)); a physician assistant
22 under chapter 18.71A RCW((,)); an osteopathic physician and surgeon
23 under chapter 18.57 RCW((,)); an osteopathic physician assistant under
24 chapter 18.57A RCW who is licensed under RCW 18.57A.020 subject to any
25 limitations in RCW 18.57A.040; an optometrist licensed under chapter
26 18.53 RCW who is certified by the optometry board under RCW 18.53.010
27 subject to any limitations in RCW 18.53.010((,)); a dentist under
28 chapter 18.32 RCW((,)); a podiatric physician and surgeon under chapter
29 18.22 RCW((,)); a veterinarian under chapter 18.92 RCW((,)); a
30 registered nurse, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or licensed
31 practical nurse under chapter 18.79 RCW((,)); a naturopathic physician
32 under chapter 18.36A RCW who is licensed under RCW 18.36A.030 subject
33 to any limitations in RCW 18.36A.040; a pharmacist under chapter 18.64
34 RCW or a scientific investigator under this chapter, licensed,
35 registered or otherwise permitted insofar as is consistent with those
36 licensing laws to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect
37 to or administer a controlled substance in the course of their
38 professional practice or research in this state.
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