NAC639.050. Storage and destruction of certain controlled substances.

     1. Upon the discontinuance of a controlled substance, a controlled substance becoming outdated or the demise of a patient at a facility for skilled nursing or facility for intermediate care which is licensed by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services, any remaining controlled substance dispensed to the patient must be placed in a secured locked compartment. The controlled substance must be secured in the locked container until destroyed in the manner prescribed in NAC 639.498.

     2. Each practitioner or pharmacy shall physically separate each controlled substance which is outdated, damaged, deteriorated, misbranded or adulterated from the balance of its stock medications. The practitioner or pharmacy shall destroy such controlled substances at least once each year. The practitioner or pharmacy shall complete Form DEA-41 of the Drug Enforcement Administration, “Registrants Inventory of Drugs Surrendered,” to acknowledge the destruction of the controlled substances.

     3. This section does not apply to controlled substances packaged in manufacturer’s unit-dose packages which are governed by the provisions of NRS 639.267.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy, eff. 12-3-84; A 7-1-92; R016-13, 12-23-2013)