Pharmacy 543, Pharmacy Practice
Using Government Documents
Cass Hartnett, U.S. Documents Librarian (info)
Start your research by consulting this table of quick links for Federal & Washington State Resources for Legislation/Regulation.
GPO Access provides the Code
of Federal Regulations, Federal Register and much more, free to the public through
the Government Printing Office.
LexisNexis Congressional (UW Restricted)
provides access to the Federal Register, laws and regulations plus committee
reports, bill tracking and the Congressional Record, with Hein OnLine (UW Restricted) offering searchable fulltext of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations back to the first issue of both publications (1938).
The National Archives offers excellent FAQ's and information pages about the Federal Register.
Legal tab of LexisNexis Academic (UW Restricted) -- includes state codes, state laws, state
case laws and much more.
Washington
State legislative site for Washington State bills, Executive Orders, Journals,
the Revised Code of Washington, the Washington Administrative Code, the Washington
State Register, and more.
CQ.com (UW Restricted) provides legislative tracking and Capitol Hill news service
from Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Its unique content includes CQ BillWatch
(essay-style analysis back to 1995), CQ Schedules, and CQ Archives. Access not
available for every listed resource.
Agency & association links
CBO (Congressional Budget Office)
CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
FDA
Compliance Policy Guides -- these explain FDA policies on regulatory issues
FTC
(Federal Trade Commission)
GAO (Government Accountability Office) -- the federal watchdog agency
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid -- formerly HCFA (Health
Care Financing Administration)
OMB
(Office of Management and Budget)
Access
Washington
Washington
State Government Phone Book
Washington State Legislature
Washington State Dept. of Health
Washington State Dept. of Social and Health Services
Washington State Health Care Authority
Board
of Pharmacy including RCW
& WAC sections affecting pharmacy.
NABP (National Association of Boards of Pharmacy) -
Ask about their NABP LAW online service (password required, but we may have an online trial access from instructor)
Other helpful sites
List of U.S. Government agencies from USA.gov.
Government Publications, United State Federal Government Resources
Government Publications,
Congressional Resources handout
Tracing Washington State Legislation
& Laws in the UW Libraries
HealthLinks (UW Health Sciences)
Internet Legal Resources UW Gallagher Law Library site.
LexisNexis Academic (UW Restricted) for full-text
news, legal, and business information.
National
Conference of State Legislatures to track issues in other states.
LexisNexis
Statistical (UW Restricted) for indexing of state, private, federal and international statistics.
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