Report Title:

Return of Prescription Drugs

 

Description:

Conforms the requirements for the return of prescription drugs to the current practice within acute care facilities.

 

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

257

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

rELATING TO THE Return of prescription drugs.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 461-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) Prescription drugs previously dispensed or distributed by a pharmacist may be returned to and redispensed or redistributed by the pharmacist if the prescription drug:

(1) Is in its dispensed[,] multiple dose container or unopened, [tamper-evident] untampered single user unit;

(2) Has remained at all times in control of a person trained and knowledgeable in the storage and administration of drugs in institutional facilities or supervised living groups using the services of a consultant pharmacist;

(3) Has not been adulterated or misbranded and has been stored under conditions meeting the United States pharmacopoeia standards; and

(4) Is returned and redispensed or redistributed before the expiration date on the multiple dose container or unit[; and

(5) Does not include any controlled substance under chapter 329].

Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to relieve any person from any requirement prescribed by or under law with respect to drugs now included or that may hereafter be included within the classification of controlled substances as defined in the applicable federal and state laws related to controlled substances."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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