§ 627-10. Disposal plan required.

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A.
All hospitals, hospice facilities, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities located in the County of Suffolk shall file with the Department of Health Services a written plan for the safe disposal of unused and/or expired medications. Such plan must establish the means by which the facility will dispose of such medications in an environmentally safe manner to prevent medications from entering the County's drinking water supply and rivers, estuaries, bays and the ocean.

B.
In 2012, each facility shall file its written medication disposal plan with the Suffolk County Department of Health Services on or before June 30. Beginning in 2013, each facility shall file its written medication disposal plan with the Department of Health Services by January 30 each year.

Amended 3-13-2012 by L.L. No. 21-2012

                    
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