§ 63-2-315 — Submission of out-of-date controlled dangerous

Oklahoma § 63-2-315

• Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
• Title 63: Public Health And Safety

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substances for destruction. A. Except as otherwise provided by law, any person required to obtain an annual registration pursuant to Section 2-302 of this title, or any group home, or residential care home as defined by Section 1-820 of this title shall submit for destruction all controlled dangerous substances which are out of date, which are unwanted, unused or which are abandoned by their owner at their facility due to death or other circumstances. B. All controlled dangerous substances described in subsection A of this section shall be submitted to the Oklahoma City laboratory of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, along with all required information on forms provided by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, to a duly registered reverse distributor, to the original registered supplier or their registered agent, to a duly registered retail pharmacy, or to a hospital or clinic with an on-site pharmacy pursuant to the rules set forth in Part 1317 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations. When any such substance is transported by private contract or common carrier or United States Postal Service for the purpose of destruction, the sender shall require a receipt from such private contract or common carrier or United States Postal Service, and such receipt shall be retained as a permanent record by the sender. C. Controlled dangerous substances submitted to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be destroyed pursuant to the procedures provided in subsection A of Section 2-508 of this title. Controlled dangerous substances submitted to any distributors, reverse distributors or their original registered suppliers pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be destroyed by incineration so as to make the substance absolutely unusable for human purposes. An official record listing the property destroyed, the location of destruction and disposal, and the name and title of the person supervising the destruction and disposal shall be submitted to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration office located nearest the destruction site. D. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is hereby authorized to perform on-site incineration of all controlled dangerous substances which are obtained in the discharge of the official duties of the Chief Medical Examiner. Any record relating to destruction of a controlled dangerous substance shall be maintained as required by the state or federal government and shall be available for inspection by appropriate state or federal government regulatory agencies. E. This section shall constitute a part of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1988, c. 308, § 10, operative Jan. 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 144, § 7, emerg. eff. May 1, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 127, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 1992; Laws 1996, c. 306, § 8, emerg. eff. June 10, 1996; Laws 2015, c. 305, § 6.