La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LIII-1519

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section LIII-1519 - Drug Returns; Drug Disposal

A. In a hospital with a permitted hospital pharmacy on site, unused drugs may be returned to the pharmacy for re-dispensing in accordance with good professional practice standards.

B. When a patient or his designee wishes to return previously dispensed prescription drugs to a pharmacy for disposal, the pharmacy shall inform the patient or his designee of the disposal mechanisms available to him. In the event the pharmacy elects to accept such previously dispensed products for disposal, the pharmacy shall comply with the following requirements.

1. From the time of receipt of such products until the time of disposal, the pharmacy shall quarantine such products to keep them separate from its active dispensing stock and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent the theft or diversion of such products.

2. The pharmacy shall comply with the provisions of 21 CFR § 1317 or its successor for the pharmacy's disposal of controlled substances and other non-hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.

3. The pharmacy shall comply with the provisions of 40 CFR § 261 or its successor for the pharmacy's disposal of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LIII-1519

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Pharmacy, LR 29:2094 (October 2003), effective January 1, 2004, Amended by the Department of Health, Board of Pharmacy, LR 46793 (6/1/2020).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1182.