Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 480 - RULES OF GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY › Chapter 480-24 - NURSING HOMES, LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES AND HOSPICE EMERGENCY DRUG KITS › Rule 480-24-.06 - Destruction of Drugs

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The following methods of destruction of
			 non-controlled substances are approved by the Board for medications dispensed
			 to patients residing in long term care facilities (nursing home or skilled
			 nursing facility) or other facility where a consultant pharmacist's services
			 are required under state or federal regulations:
(a) When non-controlled drugs are expired,
			 discontinued from use or the patient for whom they were ordered is no longer a
			 patient, the drugs shall be immediately removed from the active stock and
			 inventoried by two people who shall be licensed either as a pharmacists, a
			 nurses, or a licensed practical nurses. The completed inventory record shall be
			 signed and dated by these two individuals. The original inventory record shall
			 be maintained by the facility for two years, and a copy shall be kept with the
			 drugs until their final disposition. Once inventoried, these drugs can either
			 be:
1. Placed in a secure storage area at the
			 facility separated from medications with active orders. The drugs can be
			 destroyed at the facility by the consultant pharmacist and another pharmacist,
			 nurse, or licensed practical nurse designated by the facility. However, before
			 the destruction can take place it must be verified that an inventory has been
			 taken and recorded. The facility must maintain a written record of the
			 destruction along with the inventory record for two years. This record shall
			 include at a minimum the date, time, personnel involved with the destruction
			 and the method of destruction; or
2. Removed from the facility and kept by the
			 consultant pharmacist until they are returned to the vendor pharmacist for
			 destruction. The consultant pharmacist shall make a receipt for the drugs
			 removed, and the original receipt to be kept by the facility and a copy of the
			 receipt kept by the pharmacist. The receipt shall reflect: the date the drugs
			 were removed from the facility, the name of the person removing the drugs, the
			 name and address of the pharmacy to which the drugs have been removed. Both the
			 receipt and its copy must be maintained for two years. Before any drugs can be
			 removed for destruction, their inventory must be verified by at least one
			 pharmacist and one other licensed health care practitioner. Once taken to the
			 vendor pharmacy, the drugs must be stored in a secure, location, separate from
			 active inventory, within the pharmacy. When the drugs are destroyed, a record
			 of the manner of disposal of the drugs must be maintained by the vendor
			 pharmacy for two years. The disposal record shall include at a minimum,
			 whether:
(i) The drugs are destroyed at the
			 pharmacy, and
(I) Manner of
			 destruction;
(II) Date and time of
			 destruction;
(III) Names of at
			 least one pharmacist and one other licensed health care practitioner witnessing
			 the destruction; or