West Virginia Code 60B-1-3 – Eligible drugs
(a) Drugs may only be dispensed pursuant to the program if:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 60B-1-3
- Drugs: means both prescription and nonprescription ("over-the-counter") drugs. See West Virginia Code 60B-1-1
- Eligible patient: means an indigent person. See West Virginia Code 60B-1-1
- Health care professional: means a person who is licensed by the State of West Virginia to practice as a:
(1) Physician. See West Virginia Code 60B-1-1
- Program: means the donated drug repository program established by rule pursuant to §. See West Virginia Code 60B-1-1
(1) For prescription drugs, they do not expire before the completion of the medication by the eligible patient based on the prescribing health care professional‘s directions for use and, for over-the-counter drugs, they do not expire before use by the eligible patient based on the directions for use on the manufacturer’s label; and
(2) The drugs were donated in unopened tamper-evident packaging as defined by United States Pharmacopeia General Chapter 659, Packaging and Storage Requirements, including, but not limited to, unopened unit-dose and multiple-dose packaging.
(b) The following drugs may not be donated to the program:
(1) Controlled substances;
(2) Drugs subject to a federal Food and Drug Administration managed risk evaluation and mitigation strategy pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 355-1 if inventory transfer is prohibited by such strategy; or
(3) Drugs that there is reason to believe are adulterated.