RCW 69.43.035
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(1)Any manufacturer or wholesaler who sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes any substance specified in RCW 69.43.010
(1)to any person in a suspicious transaction shall report the transaction in writing to the pharmacy quality assurance commission.
(2)Any person specified in subsection
(1)of this section who does not submit a report as required by subsection
(1)of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(3)For the purposes of this section, "suspicious transaction" means a sale or transfer to which any of the following applies:
(a)The circumstances of the sale or transfer would lead a reasonable person to believe that the substance is likely to be used for the purpose of unlawfully manufacturing a controlled substance under chapter 69.50 RCW, based on such factors as the amount involved, the method of payment, the method of delivery, and any past dealings with any participant in the transaction. The pharmacy quality assurance commission shall adopt by rule criteria for determining whether a transaction is suspicious, taking into consideration the recommendations in appendix A of the report to the United States attorney general by the suspicious orders task force under the federal comprehensive methamphetamine control act of 1996.
(b)The transaction involves payment for any substance specified in RCW 69.43.010
(1)in cash or money orders in a total amount of more than two hundred dollars.
(4)The pharmacy quality assurance commission shall transmit to the department of revenue a copy of each report of a suspicious transaction that it receives under this section.
[ 2013 c 19 s 67 ; 2004 c 52 s 6 ; 2001 c 96 s 4 .]
Notes:
Finding — Severability — Effective date — 2004 c 52: See notes following RCW 18.64.044 .
Intent — Severability — 2001 c 96: See notes following RCW 69.43.010 .