SENATE BILL 21

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2015

INTRODUCED BY

Michael Padilla

AN ACT

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE PHARMACY ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF UNUSED DANGEROUS DRUGS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. A new section of the Pharmacy Act is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] DANGEROUS DRUG TAKE-BACK PROGRAM--RULEMAKING.--

          A. In consultation with the environmental improvement board and the federal drug enforcement administration, the board of pharmacy shall adopt and promulgate rules to establish a dangerous drug take-back program that will:

                (1) require each retail pharmacy in the state to collect unused dangerous drugs;

                (2) provide for the safe disposal of the dangerous drugs in accordance with state and federal law; and

                (3) indemnify and hold harmless wholesale drug distributors for actions taken in compliance with the dangerous drug take-back program that the board of pharmacy establishes pursuant to this section.

          B. The board of pharmacy shall establish a means of funding, and may impose a reasonable fee, to cover costs of executing the provisions of this section."

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