Section 150202 Of Division 116. Surplus Medication Collection And Distribution From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 116.
150202
. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a donor organization is
defined, for purposes of this division, to refer to one of the
following health and care facilities that may donate centrally stored
unused medications under a program established pursuant to this
division:
(1) A licensed general acute care hospital, as defined in Section
1250.
(2) A licensed acute psychiatric hospital, as defined in Section
1250.
(3) A licensed skilled nursing facility, as defined in Section
1250, including a skilled nursing facility designated as an
institution for mental disease.
(4) A licensed intermediate care facility, as defined in Section
1250.
(5) A licensed intermediate care facility/developmentally
disabled-habilitative facility, as defined in Section 1250.
(6) A licensed intermediate care facility/developmentally
disabled-nursing facility, as defined in Section 1250.
(7) A licensed correctional treatment center, as defined in
Section 1250.
(8) A licensed psychiatric health facility, as defined in Section
1250.2.
(9) A licensed chemical dependency recovery hospital, as defined
in Section 1250.3.
(10) A licensed residential care facility for the elderly, as
defined in Section 1569.2, with 16 or more residents.
(11) An approved mental health rehabilitation center, as described
in Section 5675 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(b) Medication donated by health and care facilities pursuant to
subdivision (a) shall meet the requirements of subdivisions (c) and
(d) of Section 150204 and shall be unexpired medication that would
have otherwise been destroyed by the facility or another appropriate
entity.
(c) Medication eligible for donation by the health and care
facilities pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be directly delivered
from the dispensing pharmacy, wholesaler or manufacturer, to the
health or care facility and subsequently centrally stored. Centrally
stored medication that originated from a patient or resident is not
eligible for donation under this division.