Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part LIII - Pharmacists
Chapter 21 - Charitable Pharmacy
Section LIII-2109 - Medication Transfers
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code LIII-2109
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. In facilities licensed by the Department of Health and Hospitals where United States Pharmacopeia (USP) storage requirements can be assured, prescription drugs, except controlled dangerous substances, dispensed in unit dose or in individually sealed doses may be transferred to a permitted charitable pharmacy for relabeling and dispensing to indigent patients, free of charge, pursuant to a valid prescription order.
1. The
pharmacist-in-charge of the permitted charitable pharmacy shall be responsible
for determination of suitability of the product for reuse.
a. No product where integrity cannot be
assured shall be accepted for re-dispensing by the pharmacist.
b. A re-dispensed prescription medication
shall be assigned the expiration date stated on the package.
c. No product shall be re-dispensed more than
one time.
2. Pursuant to
a voluntary agreement between the facility licensed by the Department of Health
and Hospitals and a pharmacy holding a charitable pharmacy permit from the
board, prescription drugs, except controlled dangerous substances, may be
transferred from the facility to the pharmacy provided the following procedures
are satisfied.
a. The physical transfer shall
be accomplished by an individual authorized to do so by the charitable
pharmacy.
b. The patient from whom
the prescription medication was obtained shall document their consent for the
donation; the consent shall be maintained on file at the facility.
c. The patient's name, prescription number,
and any other identifying marks, shall be obliterated from the packaging prior
to removal from the facility.
d.
The drug name, strength, and expiration date shall remain on the medication
package or label.
e. An inventory
list of the drugs shall accompany the drugs being transferred. The list shall
contain, at a minimum, the medication name, strength, quantity, and expiration
date.
f. Expired drugs shall not be
transferred. In the event expired drugs are received by a charitable pharmacy,
the pharmacist-in-charge shall destroy them as required by law.
B. Under no circumstances may these transferred medications be re-distributed to another location.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1182.
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