# WAC 182-530-1080: WAC 182-530-1080. Requirements for prescribing and dispensing controlled substances — Prescription monitoring program (PMP)

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## Section

- **Citation:** WAC 182-530-1080
- **Heading:** WAC 182-530-1080. Requirements for prescribing and dispensing controlled substances — Prescription monitoring program (PMP)
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Administrative Code / Title 182 / Chapter 182-530 / Section 182-530-1080

## Text

This section identifies the steps prescribers must take before prescribing a controlled substance and the steps pharmacists must take when dispensing a controlled substance from an outpatient pharmacy to check an apple health client's prescription drug history in the prescription monitoring program (PMP) described in chapter 246-470 WAC.
(1) PMP review required. Except as identified in subsection (4) of this section, a prescriber, before prescribing, and a pharmacist, when dispensing, must check all of a client's current prescriptions in the PMP, including any prescriptions not paid for by apple health.
(2) Retrieval by delegates allowed. A prescriber or pharmacist may delegate the retrieval of the client's PMP information to anyone in their practice setting with authorization to access the PMP, so long as the prescriber or pharmacist reviews all of the client's current prescriptions in the PMP before prescribing or when dispensing a controlled substance.
(3) Documentation. The prescriber and pharmacist must document in the client's record the date and time of the:
(a) Retrieval of information from the PMP; and
(b) Review of information from the PMP.
(4) Good faith effort exception.
(a) If a prescriber, pharmacist, or their delegate is unable to access the client's record in the PMP after a good faith effort, that attempt must be documented in the client's record.
(b) A prescriber or pharmacist must document the reason or reasons they were unable to conduct the check.

## Nearby sections

- [WAC 182-530-1000 WAC 182-530-1000. Outpatient drug program—General](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_182_530_1000.md)
- [WAC 182-530-1050 WAC 182-530-1050. Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_182_530_1050.md)
- [WAC 182-530-1075 WAC 182-530-1075. Requirements—Use of tamper-resistant prescription pads](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_182_530_1075.md)
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- [WAC 182-530-2000 WAC 182-530-2000. Covered — Outpatient drugs, devices, and drug-related supplies](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_182_530_2000.md)
- [WAC 182-530-2100 WAC 182-530-2100. Noncovered — Outpatient drugs and pharmaceutical supplies](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_182_530_2100.md)
- [WAC 182-530-3000 WAC 182-530-3000. When the medicaid agency requires authorization](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_182_530_3000.md)
- [WAC 182-530-3100 WAC 182-530-3100. How the medicaid agency determines when a drug requires authorization](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_182_530_3100.md)
- [WAC 182-530-3200 WAC 182-530-3200. The medicaid agency's authorization process](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_182_530_3200.md)
- [WAC 182-530-4000 WAC 182-530-4000. Drug use review (DUR) board](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_182_530_4000.md)
- [WAC 182-530-4050 WAC 182-530-4050. Drug use and claims review](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_182_530_4050.md)
- [WAC 182-530-4100 WAC 182-530-4100. Medicaid preferred drug list (medicaid PDL)](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_182_530_4100.md)
- [WAC 182-530-4125 WAC 182-530-4125. Generics first for a client's first course of treatment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_182_530_4125.md)
- [WAC 182-530-4150 WAC 182-530-4150. Therapeutic interchange program (TIP)](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_182_530_4150.md)

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