<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:13:02"><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0-000000">20:51:13:02</span></a><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0-000001">.  Return of unused drugs.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">Except as otherwise provided by chapters </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:21"><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0-000002">20:51:21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:35"><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0-000002">20:51:35</span></a><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">, pharmacists</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0"> and pharmacies </span><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">may not accept</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0"> from patients or their agents</span><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0"> for reuse, reissue, or resale</span><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0"> any unused drugs, prescribed medications, sickroom supplies, or hygienic surgical appliances or garments. </span><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">I</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">n a hospital with a licensed pharmacy, unused drugs, sickroom supplies, hygienic surgical appliances or garments, </span><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">and</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0"> other items dispensed for hospital inpatients may be returned to the pharmacy</span><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0"> for credit and disposition by a pharmacist</span><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0"> if the integrity of the products and packages is maintained.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">    </span><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 8 SDR 5, effective July 26, 1981; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 29 SDR 37, effective September 26, 2002</span><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">; 50 SDR 138, effective June 2, 2024</span><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">    </span><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-11"><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0-000002">36-11-11</span></a><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">(1).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">    </span><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20H-2"><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0-000002">34-20H-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-33"><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0-000002">36-11-33</span></a><span class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s97b6fbc7-9d19-4cab-aead-1791ff701422000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>