Section R4-23-1203. Eligible Prescription Medications

A prescription medication may be donated to a physician’s office, a pharmacy, or a health care institution that participates in the pre- scription medication donation program if the prescription medica- tion:

1.        Is not a:

a.         Controlled substance;

b.        Drug sample; or

c.         Drug that can only be dispensed to a patient regis- tered with the drug’s manufacturer, because dona- tion could prevent the manufacturer from maintaining required patient registration data;

2.        Is in its original sealed and tamper-evident unit dose packaging that is unopened or has only its outside pack- aging opened and its single unit dose packaging undis- turbed;

3.        Has been in the possession of a licensed health care pro- fessional, manufacturer, pharmacy, or health care institu- tion and not in the possession of the individual specified in R4-23-1202(A)(1);

4.        Has been stored according to federal and state drug law and the requirements of the manufacturer’s package insert;

5.        Has an expiration date or beyond-use-date later than six months after the date of donation;

6.        Is in packaging that shows the lot number and expiration date or beyond-use-date of the prescription medication;

7.        Does not have any physical signs of tampering or adulter- ation; and

8.        Is in packaging that does not have any physical signs of tampering, except for the outside packaging as specified in subsection (2).

Historical Note

New Section made by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R.

4320, effective January 3, 2009 (Supp. 08-4).