District of Columbia Code Division I. Government of District. § 7-661.05. Dispensing a covered medication and reporting requirements.

(a) An attending physician may not prescribe or dispense a covered medication, unless:

(b) After the attending physician ensures that the requirements provided in subsection (a) of this section have been met, the attending physician may:

(c) Upon receiving a written prescription for a covered medication by an attending physician under subsection (b)(2) of this section, the pharmacist may dispense the covered medication to the following:

(d) A pharmacist, upon dispensing a covered medication under subsection (c) of this section, shall immediately notify the attending physician that the covered medication was dispensed.

(e) Within 30 days after a health care provider dispenses a covered medication, the attending physician shall file with the Department a copy of the information required by § 7-661.06 on a form created by the Department.

(f) Within 30 days after a patient ingests a covered medication, or as soon as practicable after the a health care provider is made aware of a patient's death resulting from ingesting the covered medication, the health care provider shall notify the Department of a patient's death.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the attending physician may sign the patient's death certificate.

(h) The cause of death listed on a death certificate shall identify the qualified patient's underlying medical condition consistent with the International Classification of Diseases without reference to the fact that the qualified patient ingested a covered medication.