Pharmaceutical services.
This section assures patient pharmaceutical needs are met in a planned and organized manner.
Hospitals must:
(1) Meet the requirements in chapter
246-873 WAC; and
(2) Establish and use a process for selecting medications based on evaluating their relative therapeutic merits, safety, and cost.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
70.41 RCW and RCW
43.70.040. WSR 09-07-050, ยง 246-320-211, filed 3/11/09, effective 4/11/09.]