Iowa Admin. Code r. 657-6.15 - [Rescinded effective 7/16/2025] Return of drugs and devices
For the protection of the public health and safety, prescription drugs and devices may be returned to the pharmacy for reuse or resale only as herein provided:
(1)
Integrity maintained. Prescription drugs and devices may be
returned, exchanged, or resold only if, in the professional judgment of the
pharmacist, the integrity of the prescription drug or device has not in any way
been compromised.
(2)
Controlled substances. Under no circumstances shall pharmacy
personnel accept from a patient or a patient's agent any controlled substances
for return, exchange, or resale except to the same patient.
(3)
Unit dose returns.
Prescription drugs dispensed in unit dose packaging, excluding controlled
substances, may be returned and reused as authorized in 657-subrule
22.1(6).
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For the protection of the public health and safety, prescription drugs and devices may be returned to the pharmacy for reuse or resale only as herein provided:
(1) Integrity maintained. Prescription drugs and devices may be returned, exchanged, or resold only if, in the professional judgment of the pharmacist, the integrity of the prescription drug or device has not in any way been compromised.
(2) Controlled substances. Under no circumstances shall pharmacy personnel accept from a patient or a patient's agent any controlled substances for return, exchange, or resale except to the same patient.
(3) Unit dose returns. Prescription drugs dispensed in unit dose packaging, excluding controlled substances, may be returned and reused as authorized in 657-subrule 22.1(6).