Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part LIII - Pharmacists
Chapter 18 - Correctional Center Pharmacy
Section LIII-1817 - Drug Donations to Correctional Center Pharmacies
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code LIII-1817
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A.A correctional center pharmacy may accept the donation of a prescription drug, except a controlled substance, previously dispensed to another patient provided the following procedures are satisfied.
1. The physical transfer of the donated drug
shall be accomplished by an individual authorized to do so by the correctional
center pharmacy.
2. An inventory
list of the drugs being donated shall accompany the drugs received in the
correctional center pharmacy; the list shall contain, at a minimum, the name
and strength of the drug, the quantity received, and expiration date. The
correctional center pharmacy receiving the donated drugs shall maintain this
list as an acquisition record.
3.
The correctional center pharmacy shall not knowingly accept the donation of any
expired drugs. In the event expired drugs are received by a correctional center
pharmacy, the pharmacist-in-charge shall destroy them as required by
law.
4. the patient's name,
prescription number, and any other identifying marks shall be obliterated from
the packaging prior to its receipt in the penal pharmacy;
5. the drug name, strength, and expiration
date shall remain on the medication package or label.
B. The pharmacist-in-charge of the correctional center pharmacy receiving donated drugs shall be responsible for determination of suitability of the drug product for reuse.
1. No product where integrity cannot be
assured shall be accepted for re-dispensing by the pharmacist.
2. A re-dispensed prescription medication
shall be assigned the expiration date stated on the package.
3. No product shall be re-dispensed more than
one time.
C. Once accepted by the correctional center pharmacy, under no circumstances may the donated drugs be transferred to another location.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1226.3.
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