12 AAC 52.530. Return or exchange of drugs

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, a pharmacy or pharmacist may not accept a drug for return or exchange after the drug has been taken from the premises where the drug was sold, distributed, or dispensed.

(b) A pharmacy serving an institutional facility may accept for return or reuse unit dose packages or full or partial multiple dose medication cards if

(1) the pharmacist can readily determine that there has been no entry or attempt at entry to the unit dose package or blister card;

(2) in the pharmacist's professional judgment, the unit dose package or multiple dose medication card meets the standards of the United States Pharmacopoeia (1995 revision) for storage conditions, including temperature, light sensitivity, and chemical and physical stability;

(3) the drug has not come into the physical possession of the person for whom it was prescribed, and control of the drug is known to the pharmacist to have been the responsibility of a person or persons licensed to prescribe, dispense, or administer drugs; and

(4) the drug labeling or packaging has not been altered or defaced, and the identity of the drug, its strength, lot number, and expiration date are retrievable.

History: Eff. 1/16/98, Register 145

Authority: AS 08.80.005

AS 08.80.030

Editor's note: A copy of the United States Pharmacopoeia may be obtained from the United States Pharmacopoeial Convention, Inc., P.O. Box 560, Williston, VT 05495.

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