[Pharmwaste] Re: Pharmwaste Digest, Vol 55, Issue 9
Gayle Gray
rxrescuepack at gmail.com
Tue May 11 18:30:12 EDT 2010
I would also be very interested in the result of the survey.
Gayle Gray RN BSN MHS
CEO
Rx Rescue LLC
rxrescuepack at gmail.com
(208) 514-9652
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:31 AM,
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> 1. RE: Unwanted Medicine - Police Station Drop Boxes
> (Gressitt, Stevan)
> 2. Kim Stevenson/OES/ONYX is out of the office.
> (Kim.Stevenson at veoliaes.com)
> 3. nanoparticles (HACKEL, RICHARD)
> 4. RE: Unwanted Medicine - Police Station Drop Boxes (MARIA DIMEGLIO)
> 5. RE: Unwanted Medicine - Police Station Drop Boxes (Lucy, Burke)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Gressitt, Stevan" <Stevan.Gressitt at maine.gov>
> To: "Kernen, Brandon" <Brandon.Kernen at des.nh.gov>, <
> pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 10:23:41 -0400
> Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Unwanted Medicine - Police Station Drop Boxes
>
> I’d be very interested in seeing the result of this survey.Please?
>
>
>
> Stevan Gressitt, M.D., Medical Director
>
> Office of Adult Mental Health Services
>
> Department of Health and Human Services
>
> Marquardt Building, 2nd Floor
>
> 11 State House Station
>
> 32 Blossom Lane
>
> Augusta, ME 04333-0011
>
> Ph: (207)287-4273
>
> Fax: (207)287-1022
>
> Cell Phone: (207) 441-0291
>
> E-Mail : stevan.gressitt at maine.gov
>
> *http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mh/*
>
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:
> pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] *On Behalf Of *Kernen, Brandon
> *Sent:* Monday, May 10, 2010 8:59 AM
> *To:* pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> *Subject:* [Pharmwaste] Unwanted Medicine - Police Station Drop Boxes
>
>
>
> NH is considering clarifying state law to allow for police stations to have
> drop boxes for unwanted/expired medicine. Although some of these exist in
> NH already, NH state law inadvertently does not permit these at this time.
>
>
>
> I would appreciate if you could answer the following questions:
>
>
>
> 1) What state do you work in or represent?
>
> 2) Are police station drop boxes allowed or prohibited in your
> state?
>
> 3) Is there specific guidance or legal requirements associated with
> the drop boxes beyond obtaining DEA waivers and complying with haz waste
> rules/exemptions?
>
> 4) Have there been any problems with police station drop boxes in
> your state?
>
>
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
> Brandon Kernen, PG - Supervisor, Hydrology and Conservation Program
> Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau Phone: 603 271 0660/Fax: 603 271
> 0656
> http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/dwgb/dwspp/index.htm
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Kim.Stevenson at veoliaes.com
> To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 10:01:18 -0500
> Subject: [Pharmwaste] Kim Stevenson/OES/ONYX is out of the office.
>
> I will be out of the office starting 05/07/2010 and will not return until
> 05/11/2010.
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "HACKEL, RICHARD" <RHACKEL at idem.IN.gov>
> To: "'Jackson, Jennifer'" <jacksonj at ebmud.com>, <BAPPG at yahoogroups.com>, <
> SFBAY_Pharm_Disp at yahoogroups.com>, <pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 12:32:07 -0400
> Subject: [Pharmwaste] nanoparticles
> Developing concerns on potential impacts of nanopartilces.
>
> See:
> http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100511/News01/5110313/1011/News
>
>
> Rich Hackel, OSC
> Emergency Response Section, NRO
> Indiana Department of Enviromental Management
> Cell 574 / 274-9103
> 574 / 245-4876 fx 245-4877
> rhackel at idem.in.gov
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "MARIA DIMEGLIO" <MDIMEGLI at ci.alameda.ca.us>
> To: "Brandon Kernen" <Brandon.Kernen at des.nh.gov>, <
> pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>, "Stevan Gressitt" <
> Stevan.Gressitt at maine.gov>
> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 10:08:36 -0700
> Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Unwanted Medicine - Police Station Drop Boxes
>
> 1) What state do you work in or represent?
>
>
>
> California
>
>
>
> 2) Are police station drop boxes allowed or prohibited in your
> state?
>
>
>
> Not sure
>
>
>
> 3) Is there specific guidance or legal requirements associated with
> the drop boxes beyond obtaining DEA waivers and complying with haz waste
> rules/exemptions?
>
>
>
> Not sure
>
>
>
> 4) Have there been any problems with police station drop boxes in
> your state?
>
> Not sure
>
> I would be interested to see the survey results.
>
> Maria Francesca Di Meglio, M.S.
> Public Works Department
> City of Alameda
> Phone: (510) 749-5840
> FAX: (510) 749-5867
> email: mdimegli at ci.alameda.ca.us
>
>
>
> "If it can't be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished,
> refinished, resold or recycled then it should be restricted, redesigned or
> removed from production." Pete Seeger
>
>
> >>> On 5/10/2010 at 7:23 AM, <Stevan.Gressitt at maine.gov> wrote:
>
> I'd be very interested in seeing the result of this survey.Please?
>
>
>
> Stevan Gressitt, M.D., Medical Director
>
> Office of Adult Mental Health Services
>
> Department of Health and Human Services
>
> Marquardt Building, 2nd Floor
>
> 11 State House Station
>
> 32 Blossom Lane
>
> Augusta, ME 04333-0011
>
> Ph: (207)287-4273
>
> Fax: (207)287-1022
>
> Cell Phone: (207) 441-0291
>
> E-Mail : stevan.gressitt at maine.gov
>
> *http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mh/*
>
>
>
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> age, or national origin, in admission to, access to, or operations of its
> programs, services, or activities, or its hiring or employment practices.
> This notice is provided as required by Title II of the Americans with
> Disabilities Act of 1990 and in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964
> as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, the
> Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
> and the Maine Human Rights Act and Executive Order Regarding State of Maine
> Contracts for Services. Questions, concerns, complaints or requests for
> additional information regarding the ADA may be forwarded to DHHS' ADA
> Compliance/EEO Coordinators, 11 SHS-221 State Street, Augusta, Maine 04333,
> 207-287-4289 (V), 207-287-3488 (V), 1-800-606-0215 (TTY).
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:
> pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] *On Behalf Of *Kernen, Brandon
> *Sent:* Monday, May 10, 2010 8:59 AM
> *To:* pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> *Subject:* [Pharmwaste] Unwanted Medicine - Police Station Drop Boxes
>
>
>
> NH is considering clarifying state law to allow for police stations to have
> drop boxes for unwanted/expired medicine. Although some of these exist in
> NH already, NH state law inadvertently does not permit these at this time.
>
>
>
> I would appreciate if you could answer the following questions:
>
>
>
> 1) What state do you work in or represent?
>
> 2) Are police station drop boxes allowed or prohibited in your
> state?
>
> 3) Is there specific guidance or legal requirements associated with
> the drop boxes beyond obtaining DEA waivers and complying with haz waste
> rules/exemptions?
>
> 4) Have there been any problems with police station drop boxes in
> your state?
>
>
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
> Brandon Kernen, PG - Supervisor, Hydrology and Conservation Program
> Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau Phone: 603 271 0660/Fax: 603 271
> 0656
> http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/dwgb/dwspp/index.htm
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Lucy, Burke" <Burke.Lucy at CalRecycle.ca.gov>
> To: 'MARIA DIMEGLIO' <MDIMEGLI at ci.alameda.ca.us>, "
> pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us" <pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 10:29:48 -0700
> Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Unwanted Medicine - Police Station Drop Boxes
>
> I’m currently surveying all pharma collection sites in California to comply
> with our SB 966<http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0951-1000/sb_966_bill_20071012_chaptered.html>so I have a pretty good handle on all the roughly 45 law enforcement sites
> in the state – although I’ll know more after all the results come in.
>
> 1) What state do you work in or represent? California
>
> 2) Are police station drop boxes allowed or prohibited in your
> state? SB 966 mandated that my agency create model program guidelines<http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/HomeHazWaste/Medications/ModelProgram/Criteria.pdf>,
> which are now the leading officially-sanctioned guidelines in California.
> Those non-mandatory guidelines include language specific to law enforcement
> programs, and SB 966 includes this statement:
>
> (d) Model programs deemed in compliance with this article shall be deemed
> in compliance with state law and regulation concerning the handling,
> management, and disposal of drug waste for the purposes of implementing the
> model program.
>
> 3) Is there specific guidance or legal requirements associated with
> the drop boxes beyond obtaining DEA waivers and complying with haz waste
> rules/exemptions?
>
> You’re welcome to look through our 15-page guidelines<http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/HomeHazWaste/Medications/ModelProgram/Criteria.pdf>since much of it touches on law enforcement and controlled substances
> issues. However, these two provisions stand out:
>
> For controlled substances, the signed inventory must accompany the
> pharmaceutical waste and must stay with law enforcement in the evidence
> storage locker and through the point of destruction. Before the
> home-generated pharmaceutical waste is destroyed, the contents must be
> checked against the inventory to ensure that there has been no diversion.
> This is a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency law.
>
> Events:
>
> c. *Law Enforcement* - Law enforcement may participate in a collection
> event to provide security for event personnel. This is optional and at the
> discretion of collection organizers. A law enforcement officer is only
> required to attend and participate in a collection event only if controlled
> substances are to be accepted at the event. Per U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
> (DEA) law, only a law enforcement officer may accept controlled substances
> from the consumer. If controlled substances will be accepted, the operator
> of the event shall ask the law enforcement agency that is providing the
> officer if the agency has any specific requirements that the event must
> adhere to. For example, the law enforcement agency may specify the type of
> packaging that the drugs must be contained in to be accepted into their
> evidence locker, or if the containers the collection event will provide, are
> adequate for the law enforcement agency purposes. For controlled substances
> only, law enforcement must be on site at all times and be able to see the
> collection and movement of the home-generated pharmaceutical wastes from the
> public to the collection location. Law enforcement must be able to see the
> transfer of home-generated pharmaceutical wastes from vehicles to the
> collection containers. The operator should coordinate with law enforcement
> to determine the appropriate position for law enforcement to be stationed.
>
> 4) Have there been any problems with police station drop boxes in
> your state?
>
> One program has their drop-box under surveillance in the parking lot about
> 50 feet from the entrance to their law enforcement facility. They said they
> had some trouble with what they were assuming were small businesses dropping
> off a lot of pharmaceutical waste and/or sharps but that may have worked
> itself out by now. They also told me if they had to do it over again, they
> wouldn’t recommend putting the bin in the parking lot if for no other reason
> because of the inconvenience of emptying the box that’s 50 feet away.
>
>
>
> There’s another program that has secure collection bins in pharmacies (and
> at law enforcement locations) but only allows law enforcement to collect the
> waste including controlled substances. The DEA told them they didn’t like
> that and would follow up with an official letter saying that, but it’s been
> about 9 months now and they still haven’t received that letter.
>
>
>
> You’re welcome to contact me directly if you’d like contacts or more
> details.
>
>
>
> Burke
>
>
>
>
>
> Mr. Burke Lucy
>
> Integrated Waste Management Specialist
>
> Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)
>
> (formerly California Integrated Waste Management Board)
>
> 1001 I Street, PO Box 4025
>
> Sacramento, CA 95812
>
> Burke.Lucy at CalRecycle.ca.gov
>
> 916.324.6848
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:
> pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] *On Behalf Of *MARIA DIMEGLIO
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 11, 2010 10:09 AM
> *To:* Brandon Kernen; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us; Stevan Gressitt
> *Subject:* RE: [Pharmwaste] Unwanted Medicine - Police Station Drop Boxes
>
>
>
> 1) What state do you work in or represent?
>
>
>
> California
>
>
>
> 2) Are police station drop boxes allowed or prohibited in your
> state?
>
>
>
> Not sure
>
>
>
> 3) Is there specific guidance or legal requirements associated with
> the drop boxes beyond obtaining DEA waivers and complying with haz waste
> rules/exemptions?
>
>
>
> Not sure
>
>
>
> 4) Have there been any problems with police station drop boxes in
> your state?
>
>
>
> Not sure
>
>
>
> I would be interested to see the survey results.
>
>
>
> Maria Francesca Di Meglio, M.S.
>
> Public Works Department
>
> City of Alameda
>
> Phone: (510) 749-5840
>
> FAX: (510) 749-5867
>
> email: mdimegli at ci.alameda.ca.us
>
>
>
> "If it can't be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished,
> refinished, resold or recycled then it should be restricted, redesigned or
> removed from production." Pete Seeger
>
>
>
> >>> On 5/10/2010 at 7:23 AM, <Stevan.Gressitt at maine.gov> wrote:
>
> I'd be very interested in seeing the result of this survey.Please?
>
>
>
> Stevan Gressitt, M.D., Medical Director
>
> Office of Adult Mental Health Services
>
> Department of Health and Human Services
>
> Marquardt Building, 2nd Floor
>
> 11 State House Station
>
> 32 Blossom Lane
>
> Augusta, ME 04333-0011
>
> Ph: (207)287-4273
>
> Fax: (207)287-1022
>
> Cell Phone: (207) 441-0291
>
> E-Mail : stevan.gressitt at maine.gov
>
> *http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mh/*
>
>
>
> *Confidentiality Notice*: This e-mail message, including any attachments,
> is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain
> confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, copy,
> use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended
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> this is strictly prohibited. Please contact me by reply e-mail or telephone
> and destroy all copies of* *this message.
>
> The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) does not discriminate on
> the basis of disability, race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation,
> age, or national origin, in admission to, access to, or operations of its
> programs, services, or activities, or its hiring or employment practices.
> This notice is provided as required by Title II of the Americans with
> Disabilities Act of 1990 and in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964
> as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, the
> Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
> and the Maine Human Rights Act and Executive Order Regarding State of Maine
> Contracts for Services. Questions, concerns, complaints or requests for
> additional information regarding the ADA may be forwarded to DHHS' ADA
> Compliance/EEO Coordinators, 11 SHS-221 State Street, Augusta, Maine 04333,
> 207-287-4289 (V), 207-287-3488 (V), 1-800-606-0215 (TTY).
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:
> pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] *On Behalf Of *Kernen, Brandon
> *Sent:* Monday, May 10, 2010 8:59 AM
> *To:* pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> *Subject:* [Pharmwaste] Unwanted Medicine - Police Station Drop Boxes
>
>
>
> NH is considering clarifying state law to allow for police stations to have
> drop boxes for unwanted/expired medicine. Although some of these exist in
> NH already, NH state law inadvertently does not permit these at this time.
>
>
>
> I would appreciate if you could answer the following questions:
>
>
>
> 1) What state do you work in or represent?
>
> 2) Are police station drop boxes allowed or prohibited in your
> state?
>
> 3) Is there specific guidance or legal requirements associated with
> the drop boxes beyond obtaining DEA waivers and complying with haz waste
> rules/exemptions?
>
> 4) Have there been any problems with police station drop boxes in
> your state?
>
>
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
> Brandon Kernen, PG - Supervisor, Hydrology and Conservation Program
> Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau Phone: 603 271 0660/Fax: 603 271
> 0656
> http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/dwgb/dwspp/index.htm
>
>
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