Section 12 AAC 52.530 - Return or exchange of drugs(a) A pharmacy or pharmacist may accept a drug for return or exchange after the drug has been taken from the premises where the drug was sold, distributed, or dispensed if (1) the prescription was dispensed in a manner inconsistent with the original prescription drug order; or the medication was recalled by the manufacturer or the United States Food and Drug Administration and (2) the drug is segregated from the normal pharmacy inventory and may not be dispensed.(b) A pharmacy serving an institutional facility may accept for return or reuse unit dose packages or full or partial multiple dose medication cards if (1) the pharmacist can readily determine that there has been no entry or attempt at entry to the unit dose package or blister card;(2) in the pharmacist's professional judgment, the unit dose package or multiple dose medication card meets the current standards of the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) for storage conditions, including temperature, light sensitivity, and chemical and physical stability;(3) the drug has not come into the physical possession of the person for whom it was prescribed, and control of the drug is known to the pharmacist to have been the responsibility of a person or persons licensed to prescribe, dispense, or administer drugs; and(4) the drug labeling or packaging has not been altered or defaced, and the identity of the drug, its strength, lot number, and expiration date are retrievable.Eff. 1/16/98, Register 145; am 10/31/2019, Register 232, January 2020; am 7/15/2023, Register 247, October 2023Authority:AS 08.80.005
AS 08.80.030