Kansas Statutes 65-1671. Same; criteria for accepting unused medications; dispensing
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 65-1671
- Board: means the state board of pharmacy. See Kansas Statutes 65-1682
- Pharmacist: means an individual currently licensed by the board to practice the profession of pharmacy in this state. See Kansas Statutes 65-1682
- Pharmacy: means a premises, laboratory, area or other place currently registered with the board where scheduled substances or drugs of concern are offered for sale or dispensed in this state. See Kansas Statutes 65-1682
- Program: means the prescription monitoring program. See Kansas Statutes 65-1682
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
The following criteria shall be used in accepting unused medications for use under the utilization of unused medications act:
(a) The medications shall have come from a controlled storage unit of a donating entity;
(b) only medications in their original or pharmacist sealed unit dose packaging or in tamper evident packaging, unit of use or sealed, unused injectables, including samples of medications or injectables, shall be accepted and dispensed pursuant to the utilization of unused medications act;
(c) expired medications shall not be accepted;
(d) a medication shall not be accepted or dispensed if the person accepting or dispensing the medication has reason to believe that the medication is adulterated;
(e) no controlled substances shall be accepted, unless the state board of pharmacy designates certain controlled substances as accepted medications in the adoption of rules and regulations pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-1674, and amendments thereto; and
(f) subject to the limitation specified in this section, unused medications dispensed for purposes of a medical assistance program or drug product donation program may be accepted and dispensed under the utilization of unused medications act.