Criteria for accepting unused prescription drugs.

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The following criteria shall be used in accepting unused prescription drugs for use under the Utilization of Unused Prescription Medications Act:

1. Only prescription drugs in their original sealed unit dose packaging or unused injectables shall be accepted and dispensed pursuant to the Utilization of Unused Prescription Medications Act;

2. The packaging must be unopened, except that cancer drugs packaged in single-unit doses may be accepted and dispensed when the outside packaging is opened if the single-unit-dose packaging has not been opened;

3. Expired prescription drugs shall not be accepted;

4. A prescription drug shall not be accepted or dispensed if the person accepting or dispensing the drug has reason to believe that the drug is adulterated;

5. No controlled dangerous substances shall be accepted; and

6. Subject to the limitation specified in this section, unused prescription drugs dispensed for purposes of a medical assistance program or drug product donation program may be accepted and dispensed under the Utilization of Unused Prescription Medications Act.

Added by Laws 2004, c. 374, § 4, emerg. eff. June 3, 2004.


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