1. (a) The medical director or program physician shall determine the quantity of take-home medication dispensed to a patient.
2. (b) The program shall instruct each patient of his/her obligation to safeguard the take-home medication.
3. (c) The program shall utilize containers for take-home doses which comply with the special packaging requirements as set forth in Section 1700.14, Title 16, Code of Federal Regulations.

4. (d) The program shall label each take-home dosage container indicating:

   1. (1) The facility's name and address;
   2. (2) The telephone number of the program;
   3. (3) The 24-hour emergency telephone number if different from subsection (d)(2);
   4. (4) The name of the medication;
   5. (5) The name of the prescribing medical director or program physician;
   6. (6) The name of the patient;
   7. (7) The date issued; and

   8. (8) The following warning: Poison--May Be Fatal to Adult or Child; Keep Out of Reach of Children.

      The program may put other information on the label provided it does not obscure the required information.

5. (e) The program shall instruct all patients to keep all take-home medication out of the refrigerator to prevent accidental overdoses by children and fermentation of the liquid.

Each program shall ensure compliance with the following procedures when granting take-home medication privileges to a patient in maintenance treatment:

Note: Authority cited: Sections 11750, 11755, 11835, 11839.3 and 11839.20, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 11839.3 and 11839.20, Health and Safety Code.

History

1. Repealer of subsection (f) and amendment of Note filed 6-23-97 as an emergency; operative 7-1-97 (Register 97, No. 26). Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11758.42, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-28-97 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day. For prior history, see Register 97, No. 24.

2. Editorial correction of History 1 (Register 98, No. 1).

3. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to 6-23-97 emergency amendment by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(f) (Register 98, No. 1).

4. Repealer of subsection (f) and amendment of Note filed 12-31-97 as an emergency; operative 12-31-97 (Register 98, No. 1). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-30-98 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

5. Editorial correction of Histories 1 and 4 (Register 98, No. 18).

6. Repealer of subsection (f) and amendment Note refiled 4-27-98 as an emergency; operative 4-30-98 (Register 98, No. 18). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-28-98 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

7. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (c) and (e) and Note filed 4-19-2006 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2006, No. 16).

8. Amendment of subsections (c), (d)(3), (d)(5), (d)(8) and (e) and amendment of Note filed 5-7-2020; operative 7-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 19).