LAC 46:LIII.2503. Drug Returns; Drug Disposal

A. Unless otherwise allowed by law, drugs dispensed on prescription to a patient shall not be accepted for return, exchange, or re-dispensing by any pharmacist or pharmacy after such drugs have been removed from the pharmacy premises where they were dispensed. B. When a patient or his designee wishes to return previously dispensed prescription drugs to a pharmacy for disposal, the pharmacy shall inform the patient or his designee of the disposal mechanisms available to him. In the event the pharmacy elects to accept such previously dispensed products for disposal, the pharmacy shall comply with the following requirements. 1. From the time of receipt of such products until the time of disposal, the pharmacy shall quarantine such products to keep them separate from its active dispensing stock and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent the theft or diversion of such products. 2. The pharmacy shall comply with the provisions of 21 CFR §1317 or its successor for the pharmacy’s disposal of controlled substances and other non-hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. 3. The pharmacy shall comply with the provisions of 40 CFR §261 or its successor for the pharmacy’s disposal of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.