D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B500

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 22-B500 - GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ENFORCEMENT

500.1

Effective January 1, 2011, a health care facility shall not dispose of any pharmaceutical product, used or unused, by flushing the product down a drain or by any other method that utilizes the public sewer system, except as authorized by this chapter.

500.2

Effective July 1, 2013, unless authorized by this chapter, a health care facility that is determined to have disposed of a pharmaceutical product by flushing the product down a drain or by any other method that utilizes the public sewer system, shall be:

(a) Subject to a civil fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per occurrence; and

(b) Required to submit to the Board of Pharmacy, or its designee, a mitigation

plan designed to prevent further such occurrences within thirty (30) days of receipt of a request for the mitigation plan.

500.3

The Director of the Department of Health (Director), or his or her agent, shall have the right to enter upon and into the premises of any health care facility:

(a) At reasonable times;

(b) After presenting proper identification; and

(c) For the purpose of making inspections to determine compliance with this chapter and the District of Columbia Unused Pharmaceutical Safe Disposal Act of 2009, effective March 5, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-112, D.C. Official Code §§ 48-851.01, et seq. (2012 Repl.)) (Act).

500.4

An inspection or investigation conducted pursuant to this chapter and the Act may include, but shall not be limited to:

(a) Review of policies and procedures manuals;

(b) Inspection of all locations within the health care facility where pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical waste are stored; and

(c) Review of all records, receipts, and other documentation pertaining to the health care facility's pharmaceutical waste disposal.

500.5

Chapters 20 (Hospitals) and 32 (Nursing Facilities) of this subtitle shall supplement this chapter.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B500

Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 9354 (June 21, 2013)

Authority: Sections 4 and 5 of the District of Columbia Unused Pharmaceutical Safe Disposal Act of 2009, (the Act), effective March 5, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-112, D.C. Official Code §§ 48-851.03 and 48-851.04 (2012 Repl.)) and Mayor's Order 2011-90, dated May 6, 2011.