TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 8. Care and Protection of Indigent and Elderly Patients, 31-8-1 through 31-8-306.

ARTICLE 10 DRUG REPOSITORY PROGRAM

31-8-301. Drug repository program established; criteria and requirements for unused over-the-counter and prescription drugs.

1. The Department of Public Health shall establish a drug repository program to accept and dispense over-the-counter and prescription drugs donated for the purpose of being dispensed to eligible patients.
2. Drugs shall only be dispensed pursuant to the program if:
   1. For prescription drugs, they do not expire before the completion of the medication by the eligible patient based on the prescribing health care professional's directions for use and, for over-the-counter drugs, they do not expire before use by the eligible patient based on the directions for use on the manufacturer's label; and
   2. The drugs were donated in unopened tamper-evident packaging as defined by United States Pharmacopeia General Chapter 659, Packaging and Storage Requirements, including but not limited to unopened unit-dose and multiple-dose packaging.
3. The following drugs shall not be donated to the program:
   1. Controlled substances;
   2. Drugs subject to a federal Food and Drug Administration managed risk evaluation and mitigation strategy pursuant to Section 355-1 of Title 21 of the United States Code if inventory transfer is prohibited by such strategy; or
   3. Drugs that there is reason to believe are adulterated pursuant to Code Section 26-3-7.

(Code 1981, §31-8-301, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 524, § 1/HB 897.)