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Department 1000 - Department of Public Health and EnvironmentDivision 1010 - Division of Environmental Health and SustainabilityRule 6 CCR 1010-23 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE COLORADO HOUSEHOLD MEDICATION AND HOUSEHOLD SHARPS TAKE-BACK PROGRAM
Part I - Household Medications
Section 6 CCR 1010-23.10 - Household Medication Take-Back Events

6 Colo. Code Regs. § 1010-23.10

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Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 20, October 25, 2024
Section 6 CCR 1010-23.10 - Household Medication Take-Back Events
A. A law enforcement agency may conduct a take-back event and collect household medications, including controlled substances collected from ultimate users and individuals lawfully entitled to dispose of an ultimate user decedent's property. A law enforcement agency may partner with other persons or entities to hold a collection take-back event in accordance with this Section.
B. A law enforcement agency shall appoint at a minimum one law enforcement officer employed by the agency to oversee the collection. Law enforcement officers employed by the law enforcement agency conducting a take-back event shall maintain control and custody of the household medications from the time they are collected until secure transfer, storage, or destruction has occurred.
C. A law enforcement agency may conduct a take-back event at its physical location or at another location, provided the law enforcement officer(s) overseeing the collection are able to maintain custody and control of the household medications in accordance with this Section.
D. A collection receptacle, as described in Section 23.8 and Section 23.9 , may be used at a take-back event for the collection of household medications.
E. If a collection receptacle is not used at a take-back event, collected household medications shall be placed in an opaque, waterproof, tamper-evident, and tear-resistant bag bearing the markings required for inner liners as described in Sections 23.9(A)(4) and (5).
F. Only those controlled substances listed in Schedule II, III, IV, or V that are lawfully possessed by an ultimate user or individual entitled to dispose of an ultimate user decedent's property may be collected. Controlled and non-controlled substances may be collected together and be comingled.
G. Only ultimate users and individuals entitled to dispose of an ultimate user decedent's property in lawful possession of a controlled substance in Schedule II, III, IV, or V may transfer such substances to the law enforcement officer described in Section 23.10 during the take-back event. No other individual may handle the controlled substances at any time.

6 CCR 1010-23.10

39 CR 11, June 10, 2016, effective 7/1/2016
43 CR 06, March 25, 2020, effective 4/14/2020