Kan. Admin. Regs. § 68-18-2

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 40, October 3, 2024

Section 68-18-2 - Accepting unused medications

(a) Each qualifying center or clinic that elects to participate in the unused medications program shall submit to the board written notification of intent to participate on a form approved by the board.

(b) Each qualifying center or clinic shall maintain all unused medications in a storage unit with controlled access.

(c) After the acceptance of each unused medication from an adult care home that has become a donating entity as specified in K.A.R. 68-18-1(a), each qualifying center or clinic shall perform the following:

(1) Determine the quality and suitability of each unused medication by verification of a pharmacist that the unused medication meets the following requirements, in addition to the requirements of L. 2008, ch. 9, sec. 4 and amendments thereto:

(A) Can be identified; and

(B) is not a medication that can be dispensed only to a patient or resident registered with the drug manufacturer;

(2) ensure that the name of the patient or resident and all of the patient's or resident's personal identifiers have been removed in order to protect confidentiality;

(3) check each unused medication against the manifest to resolve any discrepancies with the donating entity; and

(4) complete the manifest and return a copy of the manifest to the donating entity.

(d) After the acceptance of each unused medication from a mail service pharmacy or a medical care facility that has become a donating entity as specified in K.A.R. 68-18-1(a), each qualifying center or clinic shall perform the following:

(1) Determine the quality and suitability of each unused medication by the verification of a pharmacist or practitioner that the unused medication meets the following requirements, in addition to the requirements of L. 2008, ch. 9, sec. 4 and amendments thereto:

(A) Can be identified; and

(B) is not a medication that can be dispensed only to a patient or resident registered with the drug manufacturer; and

(2) meet all of the requirements specified in paragraphs (c)(2), (3), and (4).

(e) Each qualifying center or clinic shall maintain a copy of the manifest that was provided by the donating entity for at least five years. The qualifying center or clinic shall also maintain a copy of the manifest signed and returned to the donating agency for at least five years.

(f) A qualifying center or clinic shall not accept or dispense an unused medication that can be dispensed only to a patient or resident registered with the drug manufacturer.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 68-18-2

Authorized by and implementing L. 2008, ch. 9, §7; effective Jan. 2, 2009.