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Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Chapter 21 - Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act
Part 1 - General Provisions
Section 30 - Disposal of controlled substances at nursing care facilities.
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UT Code § 26-21-30 (2021)
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Effective 5/8/2018
26-21-30. Disposal of controlled substances at nursing care facilities.
Enacted by Chapter 157, 2018 General Session
26-21-30. Disposal of controlled substances at nursing care facilities.
- (1) As used in this section:
- (a) "Controlled substance" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-37-2.
- (b)
- (i) "Irretrievable" means a state in which the physical or chemical condition of a controlled substance is permanently altered through irreversible means so that the controlled substance is unavailable and unusable for all practical purposes.
- (ii) A controlled substance is irretrievable if the controlled substance is non-retrievable as that term is defined in 21 C.F.R. Sec. 1300.05.
- (2) A nursing care facility that is in lawful possession of a controlled substance in the nursing care facility's inventory that desires to dispose of the controlled substance shall dispose of the controlled substance in a manner that:
- (a) renders the controlled substance irretrievable; and
- (b) complies with all applicable federal and state requirements for the disposal of a controlled substance.
- (3) A nursing care facility shall:
- (a) develop a written plan for the disposal of a controlled substance in accordance with this section; and
- (b) make the plan described in Subsection (3)(a) available to the department and the committee for inspection.
Enacted by Chapter 157, 2018 General Session
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