Report Title:

Return of Prescription Drugs

 

Description:

Allows only acute care hospitals to return prescription drugs to the hospital's pharmacy for redistribution. (SB257 HD2)

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

257

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

S.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 2


 

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 in an acute care hospital as defined in section 327–5.5, if the prescription drug:

(1) Is in its dispensed, unopened, tamper-evident 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;] an acute care hospital as defined in section 327-5.5;

(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 unit [; and

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

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2050.