Rule 480-28-.07 - Storage(1) All practitioners shall exercise diligent care in protecting controlled substance drugs and records possessed from loss or theft. Agents of the Board shall have the responsibility of offering to practitioners written recommendations concerning the satisfactory storage, keeping, handling, and security of such controlled substances and records. When not in actual use, all controlled substance drugs shall be maintained in a place which is secured.(2) All drugs which bear, or are required to bear, upon the package, the words "Caution, Federal Law Prohibits Dispensing Without Prescription", or "RX only" or words of like import, shall be stored in a secured area by a practitioner possessing such drugs. All drugs shall be stored beyond the normal reach of small children.(3) There shall be provided within each practitioner's office sufficient space for the neat and orderly storage of all drugs. In addition, there shall be clear floor space within such office to permit a practitioner and his/her assistant employed therein to adequately, safely, and accurately fulfill his/her duties related to prescriptions and drugs.(4) There shall be provided within each dispensing practitioner's office adequate facilities for the proper storage of drugs which require refrigeration, and such drugs shall be stored therein in such manner as to preserve their therapeutic activity.(5) No dispensing practitioner shall operate in any manner or dispense any drugs under unclean, unsanitary, overcrowded, or unhealthy conditions, or under any condition which endangers the health, safety, or welfare of the public.(6) A practitioner shall cause to be removed from stock all outdated and deteriorated drugs, at regular intervals of not more than six months duration, and under no circumstances will any practitioner permit any drug to be dispensed which bears a date of expiration which has been reached, or which is in a deteriorated condition.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 480-28-.07
O.C.G.A. Secs. 16-13-34, 26-3-16, 26-4-4, 26-4-27, 26-4-28, 26-4-37, 26-4-87, 26-4-130.
Original Rule entitled "Storage" adopted. F. Sept. 15, 1987; eff. Oct. 15, 1987.Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. July 24, 2002; eff. August 13, 2002.