Outline
Using library & law resources
† USC | CFR | FR || RCW | WAC | SR
† Federal stuff
„ GPO Access Æ USC, CFR, FR
„ FDA, DEA, CPSC
† WA stuff
„ Trip through the Salmon Book
„ BOP website
„ WA Legislative website Æ RCW, WAC, SR
† UW stuff
„ Lexis-Nexis, other “law” databases
„ Current Contents
„ NAPBLaw Online
Pharm 543
Autumn 2007
Tom Hazlet
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“codified”
† how a bill
becomes a
law ...
† law
(statute)
authorizes
agencies to
promulgate
regulations
(rules)
† ... codified 3
“codified” 2
† Federal
„ United States Code
† Title 5 Government Organization & Employees
[Administrative Procedures]
† Title 21 Food & Drugs [& DEA]
† Title 42 Public Health & Welfare
„ Code of Federal Regulations
† Title 16 Commercial Practices [CPSC]
† Title 21 Food and Drugs [FDA, DEA]
† Title 42 Public Health [HHS, CMS]
† Title 45 Public Welfare [Human Subjects, “welfare”,
other]
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Pharmacy Lawbook 2003
“Salmon Book”
“codified” 3
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RCW – Revised Code of Washington
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Title 34 Administrative Law
Title 18 Businesses and
Professions
Title 69 Food, Drugs, Cosmetics,
And Poisons
Title 70 Public Health And
Safety
WAC – Washington Administrative Code
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Title 245 - Health Services
Commission
Title 246 - Health, Department
of
Title 247 - Health Care Facilities
Authority
Title 248 - Health, Board and
Division of (Social and Health
Services, Department of)
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NOTE: Missing Salmon Book?
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Contact Manet Wade
† Organization
„ Table of Contents
„ Index
„ Stuff in between
360.236.4838
Manet.wade@doh.wa.gov
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RCW – 18, 69, 70
WAC – 246
21CFR1301, 1306
Miscellaneous
„ RCW / WAC for other
practitioners
„ licensed health care
entities
… about a replacement.
TOC on class web site.
*Importance of reading WAC’s in context of RCW’s
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BOP Website
† www.doh.wa.gov/pharmacy [works]
† Noteworthy
„ Forms & Applications
„ Provider Credential Search
„ Laws
† hotlink to Legislature / Search
† “Compile the complete chapter as a single file”
trick; use CTRL-f to search
„ Links (most other state Boards)
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word
WA Legislature Site
† www.leg.wa.gov
„ search (upper right hand corner)
„ read the instructions when first opening; they go away
† truncation/multiple word forms – “*” and “word1word2”
† Boolean operators (and, not, or)
† “character string enclosed in quotes”
† note thing with WAC – have to use “\” to include the
hyphen
„ Remember to check all the boxes you want
† State Register
† RCW & Supplement
word
† WAC
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Federal Stuff
CFR
† Government Printing
Office
www.gpoaccess.gov
† browse
† scroll to Title 21
† select recent year
(updates in April)
† select part, subpart
† Note standard
format
† USC
† CFR
† FR
„ scope
„ definitions
† PDF can be slow
† Also available from
Lexis-Nexis
† Suggest browse,
search features
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Federal Register
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browse & scroll
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date
page
docket number
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proposed rule
final rule
notice
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Summary
Supplementary Information
Notices
New or revised regulation if a
“rule making”
Federal Agencies
search (terminology)
types
structured format
† Food & Drug Administration
www.fda.gov
† Drug Enforcement Administration
www.usdoj.gov/dea
„ Pharmacist Manual
www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/manuals/pharm2/index.htm
† Consumer Product Safety Commission
www.cpsc.gov
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UW Stuff – Library “Resources”
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Lexis-Nexis Academic
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UW web Æ Libraries Æ Health
Sciences Æ Resources
Search for Lexis-Nexis; pick
Academic
Default is General; pick from
Legal for code stuff
Select from list on screen right,
i.e., Federal & State Codes – use
pull-down menu to select
“source”; i.e., Federal Register
Enter search term
use CTRL-f
reformat for printing
stuff in [brackets] often refers to
page numbers
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NAPBLaw Online
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Current Contents
Web of Science
IPA
Healthlinks Æ Search for
“newspapers
†
Note listing is different from Main
Library than Health Sciences
† class website Æ restricted access
„ see Instructions hyperlink
„ username / password(s)
„ log out when done (limited slots)
† Use “expert search”
„ Boolean operators, “ordered proximity”
† Select all localities, or specific state
† “Show document excerpts in the results list “
„ small, medium, large
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Healthlinks Resources
Cornell Legal Information Institute
† Library Resources for Pharm 543
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† http://www.law.cornell.edu/
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/liaisons/jankowski/pharmlaw/
† Outlines HSL resources and links to others
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Government Documents Resources
Law Library Resources
† Pharmacy practice using government documents
† Secondary sources for pharmacy law
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http://www.lib.washington.edu/govpubs/pharmacy.html
“Reg Map” http://reginfo.gov/public/reginfo/Regmap/regmap.pdf
Hein Online http://heinonline.org/HOL/Welcome?collection=journals
† http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/pharmacy.html
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Summit
Search tips & tricks
† Orbis-Cascade Alliance Catalog – Pacific
Northwest academic libraries
† http://summit.orbiscascade.org/
† Quick turn-around
† Very different from PubMed and other
biomedical databases
† Truncation options, e.g., ! Instead of *
† Use “Positional Operators” if available
when doing full text searches; i.e., w/25
† Natural language vs. controlled vocabulary
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Mindset
Web Search Engines – Beware
† Prepare
† Exceptionally fast Æ lots of garbage
† Use Advanced Search functions
„ Outline search question
„ Identify synonyms
† Where would I be if …?
† You are responsible for accuracy
„ Site from primary or secondary sources
whenever possible
„ Strive for refereed sources; triangulate when
opinion, personal communication
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questions?
Summary Issues
† Spend some time on search stragegy
† Use reference librarians, other “help”
† Responsibility for accuracy
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