La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LIII-1817

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section LIII-1817 - Drug Donations to Correctional Center Pharmacies

A.A correctional center pharmacy may accept the donation of a prescription drug, except a controlled substance, previously dispensed to another patient provided the following procedures are satisfied.

1. The physical transfer of the donated drug shall be accomplished by an individual authorized to do so by the correctional center pharmacy.

2. An inventory list of the drugs being donated shall accompany the drugs received in the correctional center pharmacy; the list shall contain, at a minimum, the name and strength of the drug, the quantity received, and expiration date. The correctional center pharmacy receiving the donated drugs shall maintain this list as an acquisition record.

3. The correctional center pharmacy shall not knowingly accept the donation of any expired drugs. In the event expired drugs are received by a correctional center pharmacy, the pharmacist-in-charge shall destroy them as required by law.

4. the patient's name, prescription number, and any other identifying marks shall be obliterated from the packaging prior to its receipt in the penal pharmacy;

5. the drug name, strength, and expiration date shall remain on the medication package or label.

B. The pharmacist-in-charge of the correctional center pharmacy receiving donated drugs shall be responsible for determination of suitability of the drug product for reuse.

1. No product where integrity cannot be assured shall be accepted for re-dispensing by the pharmacist.

2. A re-dispensed prescription medication shall be assigned the expiration date stated on the package.

3. No product shall be re-dispensed more than one time.

C. Once accepted by the correctional center pharmacy, under no circumstances may the donated drugs be transferred to another location.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LIII-1817

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Pharmacy, LR 38:1238 (May 2012), Amended by the Department of Health, Board of Pharmacy, LR 46573 (4/1/2020).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1226.3.