JurisdictionCaliforniaCode PRCPublic Resources Code - PRC
Div. 30.DIVISION 30. WASTE MANAGEMENT
Part 3.PART 3. STATE PROGRAMS
Ch. 2.CHAPTER 2. Pharmaceutical and Sharps Waste Stewardship
Art. 2.ARTICLE 2. Covered Entities and Stewardship Organizations
This text of California § 42031. (42031. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 230.)) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering California primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
(a)
(1)No later than 90 days after the effective date of this section, a covered entity shall provide a list of covered products, and a list and description of any drugs or sharps that are not covered products, that it sells or offers for sale in the state to the state board.
(2)A covered entity, or a stewardship organization on behalf of a group of covered entities, shall update the lists described in paragraph (1) and provide the updated lists to the state board on or before January 15 of each year or upon request of the department.
(b)No later than 90 days after the effective date of this section, a retail pharmacy that sells a covered product under its own label shall
provide written notification to the state board identifying the covered entity from which the retail pharmacy
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(a)
(1)
No later than 90 days after the effective date of this section, a covered entity shall provide a list of covered products, and a list and description of any drugs or sharps that are not covered products, that it sells or offers for sale in the state to the state board.
(2)
A covered entity, or a stewardship organization on behalf of a group of covered entities, shall update the lists described in paragraph (1) and provide the updated lists to the state board on or before January 15 of each year or upon request of the department.
(b)
No later than 90 days after the effective date of this section, a retail pharmacy that sells a covered product under its own label shall
provide written notification to the state board identifying the covered entity from which the retail pharmacy obtains a covered product that the retail pharmacy sells under its store label.
(c)
The state board shall verify the information received pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) and make it available to the department upon request.
(d)
The state board may issue a letter of inquiry to any entity listed in subparagraphs (A) to (E), inclusive, of paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 42030 requesting a list of all drugs and sharps it distributes in California, regardless of whether the drugs or sharps are covered under this chapter, the name of the manufacturer of such products, and any additional information necessary to carry out this chapter. An entity that is issued a letter of inquiry pursuant to this subdivision shall respond in writing no later than 60 days after
receipt of the letter. Responses to those inquiries may be shared with the department, but are otherwise deemed proprietary and exempt from disclosure. If the entity does not believe it is a covered entity for purposes of this chapter, it shall submit all of the following to the state board in response to the letter of inquiry:
(1)
The basis for the claim that it is not a covered entity.
(2)
A list of any drugs and sharps it sells, distributes, repackages, or otherwise offers for sale within the state.
(3)
If applicable, the name and contact information of the person or entity from which it obtains a drug or sharp identified pursuant to paragraph (2).
(e)
The state board shall obtain and verify and, within 30 days of receipt or upon request by the
department, submit to the department a list of drugs and sharps sold or offered for sale in the state excluded from the definition of “covered drugs” pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 42030 or excluded from the definition of “home-generated sharps waste” in subdivision (l) of Section 42030.
(f)
Notwithstanding Section 42036.4, information submitted by the state board to the department under this chapter may include proprietary information.
(g)
The state board shall notify the department if any covered entity or stewardship organization is in violation of this section for purposes of enforcement by the department.