Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part LIII - Pharmacists
Chapter 15 - Hospital Pharmacy
Section LIII-1519 - Drug Returns; Drug Disposal
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code LIII-1519
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
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.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1182.
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