[Pharmwaste] DEA rule

[Peggy Rigsby]

Here is what we got today. 

According to Lyn Batson, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP), the DEA is expected to release a proposed rule on the disposal of controlled substances at long term care facilities.  The propose rule identifies only one mechanism of disposal and that is via the long term care pharmacy, if the pharmacy is a DEA registrant, who voluntarily installs an authorized disposal receptacle within the facility.  Alternatively, a resident may opt to use mail-back or take-back programs on their own.  If a patient dies and there is no authorized disposal receptacle, the decedent's family must take care of disposal.  If there is no authorized receptacle in the long term care facility, there is no disposal mechanism for controlled substance at the facility.
 
The DEA is authorizing certain registrant categories to be “collectors of controlled substances” so that the agency can ensure sufficient physical security controls are in place, thereby minimizing the risk of diversion.  DEA registrants are subject to controls related to their DEA registration.  DEA believes the pre-existing registrant controls will protect against the diversion of controlled substances.
 
The proposed rule is expected to be 140 pages long. 

Peggy Rigsby
Florida Health Care Association. 

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