RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
64B16-28.303Destruction of Controlled Substances All Permittees (excluding Nursing Homes)
NOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 40, No. 22, February 3, 2014 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
The change is in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee. The changes are as follows:
1. Subsection (2) shall now read as follows:
(2) Permittees are required to complete a United States Drug Enforcement Administration (D.E.A.) Form DEA-41 “Registrants Inventory of Drugs Surrendered” (effective 8/21/2014), herein incorporated by reference, available at http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/21cfr_reports/surrend/. This form, at the time of destruction, shall be witnessed and signed by the prescription department manager or the consultant pharmacist of record and D.E.A. agent, or a Department inspector. This method of destruction requires that a copy of the completed and witnessed Form DEA-41 be mailed to the D.E.A. office in his/her area within one (1) business day after the destruction.
2. For subsection (3), the form number will be changed to from “D.E.A. Form 41” to “Form DEA-41”.
3. Subsection (5) shall now read as follows:
(5) For patient specific controlled substance prescriptions in a Modified Institutional Class II B pharmacy, the destruction method in subsectin 64B16-28.301(2), F.A.C., must be followed.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Tammy Collins, Acting Executive Director, Board of Pharmacy, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C04, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3254
