Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 26	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1	HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 748	MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
SUBCHAPTER L	MEDICATION
DIVISION 3	MEDICATION STORAGE AND DESTRUCTION
RULE §748.2103	What are the requirements for discontinued or expired medication?

(a) Discontinued medication, expired medication, and medication left at your operation must be inventoried and stored separately from current medications as directed by the administrator.

(b) When you have an accumulation of this medication, you must destroy the medication in accordance with state and federal law and in a way that ensures children do not have access to it. The medication must be destroyed by:

(1) A health-care professional or pharmacist; or

(2) The licensed child-care administrator and another adult who is not a resident.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.2103 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909