Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 76903 - Pharmaceutical Services-Disposal of Drugs
(a) Drugs shall be sent with the client upon
discharge if labeled in accordance with law and so ordered by the discharging
physician. A notation of the drugs sent with the client shall be in the unit
client record.
(b) Drugs remaining
in the facility after discharge shall be destroyed in the facility within 30
days of the date of discharge.
(c)
Drugs shall be destroyed in the facility in the following manner:
(1) Drugs listed in Schedules II, III or IV
of the Federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
shall be destroyed in the facility in the presence of a pharmacist and the
registered nurse employed by the facility. The name of the client, the name and
strength of the drug, the prescription number, the amount destroyed, the date
of destruction and the signatures of the witnesses required above shall be
recorded in the unit client record or in a separate log. The record of disposal
shall be retained for at least three years.
(2) Drugs not listed under Schedules II, III
or IV of the Federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of
1970 shall be destroyed in the facility in the presence of a pharmacist or
registered nurse who with one other witness shall sign a record which lists the
name of the client, the name and strength of the drug, the prescription number
if applicable, the amount destroyed and the date of destruction. The notation
may be in the unit client record or in a separate log. The record of disposal
shall be retained for at least three years.
(d) Unless otherwise prohibited under
applicable federal or state laws, individual client drugs supplied in sealed
containers may be returned, if unopened, to the issuing pharmacy for
disposition provided that:
(1) No controlled
drugs are returned.
(2) All such
drugs are identified as to lot or control number.
(3) The signatures of the receiving
pharmacist and registered nurse employed by the facility are recorded in a
separate log which lists the name of the client, the name, strength,
prescription number (if applicable) and amount of the drug returned and the
date of return. The log shall be retained for at least three
years.
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208.4 and 1267.7, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 1276, Health and Safety Code.
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