2005 Rhode Island Code - § 23-25.4-5 — Criteria.

    The following criteria shall be used in soliciting and accepting unused prescription drugs for use pursuant to this chapter:

   (a) Nursing facilities and assisted living residences that have entered into an agreement to participate with a charitable clinic shall document residents' participation in the program with a written statement that their excess and otherwise eligible unused prescription drugs shall be donated to a charitable clinic for the purpose of re-dispensing to medically indigent persons. Participation in this program by residents of participating nursing facilities and assisted living residences shall be strictly voluntary.

   (b) Only prescription drugs in their original sealed multi-dose blister packages, unit dose containers or perforated blister packages shall be accepted and re-dispensed;

   (c) Expired or beyond use date prescription drugs shall not be accepted;

   (d) A prescription drug shall not be accepted or re-dispensed if the pharmacist accepting or re-dispensing the drug, in his or her judgment has reason to believe that the drug is adulterated, mislabeled, or has been improperly stored;

   (e) No controlled substances shall be accepted; and

   (f) Subject to the limitation specified in this section, unused prescription drugs dispensed for purposes of a medical assistance program may be accepted and re-dispensed pursuant to this chapter.