New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Ph - N.H. Pharmacy Board
Chapter Ph 700 - STANDARDS OF PRACTICE
Part Ph 707 - DISPOSAL AND DESTRUCTION OF CONTROLLED DRUGS
Section Ph 707.03 - Board Authorized Controlled Drug Destruction

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Ph 707.03

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

(a) A consultant pharmacist to a nursing home, group home or assisted living facility shall be designated an agent of the pharmacy board for the sole purpose of destroying controlled drugs at the licensed home or homes for which he or she serves as consultant by filing a written request at the board office, identified in Ph 103.03. The written request shall be on the facility's letterhead, shall identify the pharmacist as the home's consultant pharmacist, and shall be signed by both the administrator of the facility and the consultant pharmacist.

(b) Once authorization is obtained:

(1) A record of the controlled drugs destroyed shall be made on form # Ph 558 (revised 7/2015) obtained at the board office, identified in Ph 103.03; and

(2) Copies of form # Ph 558 (revised 7/2015) shall be distributed as follows:
a. The original shall be sent to the board office;

b. A copy shall be maintained on the premises where the destruction occurred for a period of 4 years; and

c. A copy shall be retained by the consultant pharmacist/agent making the destruction.

#1639, eff 11-1-80; ss by #2260, eff 1-5-83; ss by #2914, eff 11-27-84; ss by #4600, eff 8-1-89; ss by #6094-B, INTERIM, eff 9-21-95, EXPIRED: 1-19-96

New. #6181-B, eff 2-5-96; amd by #6933, eff 2-1-99; paragraphs (c) and (d) EXPIRED: 2-5-04; amd by #8316, eff 3-26-05; amd by #8572, eff 2-23-06

The amended version of this section by New Hampshire Register Volume 40, Number 19, eff. 4/7/2020 is not yet available.

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