California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery › Chapter 11 - Product Stewardship › Article 4 - Pharmaceutical and Sharps Waste Stewardship Program › Section 18973.4 - Annual Report for Covered Drugs

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On or before March 31, 2022, and each year thereafter, a
					 program operator shall prepare and submit an annual report to the department.
					 To be complete, the annual report shall describe how the program operator
					 complied with all elements in its stewardship plan during the previous
					 reporting period of one year, and shall contain the following:
(a) Contact information pursuant to section
				  18973.2(a),
				  including any changes or updates to this information.
(b) Executive Summary. A concise summary of
				  the information contained in the report that includes, but is not limited to,
				  the highlights, outcomes and challenges, achievement of the convenience
				  standards pursuant to subsection (1)(F) of subdivision (a) of section
				  42032.2
				  of the Public Resources Code, education and outreach efforts, and ways in which
				  challenges are being addressed.
(c)
				  Collection System. Description of the following:
(1) How ultimate users had an opportunity to
				  dispose of their covered drug(s) as described in the approved stewardship
				  plan.
(2) Efforts between the
				  program operator and potential authorized collectors to establish authorized
				  collection sites, including, but not limited to:
(A) Pursuant to section
				  18973.2(d)(2),
				  efforts to notify potential authorized collectors of the opportunity to serve
				  as an authorized collector for the stewardship program in the counties in which
				  the program operated, and the list of potential authorized collectors that were
				  notified.
(B) Pursuant to section
				  18973.2(d)(3),
				  the process by which good faith negotiations with potential authorized
				  collectors were conducted.
(C)
				  Pursuant to section
				  18973.2(d)(4),
				  efforts to work with retail pharmacies and retail pharmacy chains to fulfill
				  the requirement in section
				  42032.2(b)(2)
				  of the Public Resources Code, if applicable.
(D) Pursuant to section
				  18973.2(d)(5),
				  efforts to incorporate potential authorized collectors that submitted a written
				  offer to join the stewardship program, and the list of potential authorized
				  collectors that submitted written offers.
(E) Pursuant to section
				  18973.2(d)(6), a
				  list of potential authorized collectors that submitted a written offer to join
				  the stewardship program and were rejected, and the reason(s) for each
				  rejection.
(F) Description of how
				  the program operator complied with the requirement in section
				  18973.2(d)(7).
(3) How the convenience standards pursuant to
				  subsection (1)(F) of subdivision (a) of section
				  42032.2
				  of the Public Resources Code were met. Include necessary changes to
				  calculations that account for changes in the number of authorized collection
				  sites and most recent publicly available population calculations from the State
				  of California Department of Finance. If the convenience standards were not met,
				  describe efforts made to achieve compliance.
(4) For each participating authorized
				  collection site, include the following:
(A)
				  Name and physical address
(B)
				  Amount of covered drugs collected, as required in the stewardship plan pursuant
				  to section
				  18973.2(g)(4)
(C) Number of instances that collected
				  covered drugs were picked up for disposal
(D) Number of receptacle liners picked up for
				  disposal
(E) Number of instances
				  and corresponding amount of time the secure collection receptacle was not
				  available to the public during business hours. For each instance, provide a
				  description of why the secure collection receptacle was not
				  available.
(5) For each
				  type of mail-back service utilized, include the following, as applicable:
(A) List of distribution locations
(B) Mechanism(s) of distribution
(C) Amount of mail-back materials
				  distributed, as required in the stewardship plan pursuant to section
				  18973.2(g)(6)(E)
(D) Amount of mail-back material returned, as
				  required in the stewardship plan pursuant to section
				  18973.2(g)(6)(E)
(6) For each alternative form of collection
				  and disposal, include the following, as applicable:
(A) Method(s) of collection
(B) Name and address of location(s)
(C) Number of collections
(D) Amount of materials distributed, as
				  required in the stewardship plan pursuant to section
				  18973.2(g)(6)(E)
(E) Amount of material collected, as required
				  in the stewardship plan pursuant to section
				  18973.2(g)(6)(E)