2016 North Dakota Century Code Title 43 Occupations and Professions Chapter 43-15.2 Legend Drug Donation and Repository Program
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CHAPTER 43-15.2
LEGEND DRUG DONATION AND REPOSITORY PROGRAM
43-15.2-01. Definitions.
In addition to the definitions under section 43-15-01, in this chapter unless the context
otherwise requires:
1. "Donor" means a person that donates to the program legend drugs, devices, or
supplies needed to administer such drugs.
2. "Participant" means a practitioner or pharmacy that has elected to participate in the
program and accepts legend drugs, devices, and supplies from donors for the
program.
3. "Program" means the legend drug donation and repository program established under
this chapter.
4. "Supplies" means any supplies used in the administration of a legend drug.
43-15.2-02. Administration.
1. The state board of pharmacy shall establish and contract with a third party to
administer a legend drug donation and repository program.
2. The board may develop and maintain a participant registry for the program. A
participant registry created under this subsection must include the name, address, and
telephone number of the participants. A participant registry created under this
subsection must be available through the board or on the board's website.
3. The board may cooperate with nongovernmental organizations to maintain a
web-based list of legend drugs, devices, or supplies that have been donated and are
available through the program and the participants from which the donated items may
be available.
43-15.2-03. Conditions for participation.
1. A donor may donate legend drugs, devices, or supplies to the program through a
practitioner or pharmacy that meets the criteria established for such participation.
Legend drugs, devices, or supplies may not be donated directly to a specific patient
and donated items may not be resold.
2. The items donated to the program may be prescribed for use by an individual by a
practitioner who is authorized by law to prescribe and only a participant may dispense
donated items.
43-15.2-04. Conditions for acceptance of a donation.
1. A drug donated, prescribed, or dispensed under the program must be in the original,
unopened, sealed, and tamper-evident unit dose packaging, except a drug packaged
in single-unit doses may be accepted and dispensed if the outside packaging has
been opened and the single-unit-dose package is unopened.
2. A drug may not be accepted or dispensed under the program if the drug has reached
its expiration date or if the drug is adulterated or misbranded as determined under
subsection 3.
3. Before being dispensed to an eligible individual, the legend drugs, devices, and
supplies donated under the program must be inspected by a pharmacist to determine
that the legend drugs, devices, and supplies are not adulterated or misbranded.
43-15.2-05. Storage, distribution, and dispensing.
1. A participant that accepts donated legend drugs, devices, or supplies under the
program shall comply with all applicable provisions of state and federal law relating to
the storage, distribution, and dispensing of the donated legend drugs, devices, or
supplies.
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A participant may charge an individual a handling fee that does not exceed two
hundred fifty percent of the medicaid prescription dispensing fee for dispensing
donated legend drugs, devices, or supplies under the program.
A dispenser of donated legend drugs, devices, or supplies may not submit a claim or
otherwise seek reimbursement from any public or private third-party payer for the cost
of donated legend drugs, devices, or supplies dispensed to any eligible individual
under the program. A public or private third-party payer is not required to provide
reimbursement to a dispenser for the cost of donated legend drugs, devices, or
supplies dispensed to any eligible individual under the program.
43-15.2-06. Liability.
1. A donor of legend drugs, devices, or supplies, or any participant in the program, that
exercises reasonable care in donating, accepting, distributing, prescribing, and
dispensing legend drugs, devices, or supplies under the program and the rules
adopted to implement this chapter is immune from civil or criminal liability and from
professional disciplinary action of any kind for any injury, death, or loss to personal
property relating to such activities.
2. In the absence of intentional misconduct, a pharmaceutical manufacturer is immune
from civil or criminal liability for any claim, injury, death, or loss to person or property
arising from transfer, donation, dispensing, or acceptance of any legend drugs,
devices, or supplies under this chapter, including liability for failure to transfer or
communicate product or consumer information regarding the transferred legend drugs,
devices, or supplies as well as the expiration date of the legend drugs, devices, or
supplies under the program.
43-15.2-07. Recordkeeping.
1. A participant shall retain separate records detailing the receipt, distribution, and
dispensing of legend drugs, devices, and supplies under this program.
2. The records of receipt must include:
a. The name and address of the donor;
b. The drug name and strength;
c. The manufacturer of the legend drugs, devices, or supplies;
d. The manufacturer lot number;
e. The drug expiration date;
f. The date received; and
g. The quantity received.
3. Records of distribution and dispensing must include:
a. The name and address of the participant;
b. The drug or device name;
c. The drug strength;
d. The quantity distributed;
e. The identity of the manufacturer of the legend drugs, devices, or supplies;
f. The manufacturer lot number;
g. The expiration date;
h. The date of distribution or dispensing; and
i. The name and address of the individual to whom the donated item was
distributed.
4. Records of dispensing must include:
a. The requirements for a prescription label; and
b. The manufacturer's lot number.
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