<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>pharmacies in certain circumstances; assuring certification of prescriptions; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 151.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>    Section 1. <b>[151.56] COUNTY RETURN OF UNUSED DRUGS OR MEDICAL </b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var><b>DEVICES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 6800.2700, pharmacies may accept returns <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>of unused drugs and medical devices from county jails and juvenile correctional facilities. <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>In order to return unused drugs and medical devices, the county jail or juvenile correctional <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>facility must have a trained medication technician on hand twenty-four hours a day, seven <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>days a week and the medication must be stored in a secured locked storage locker.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>    Sec. 2. <b>CERTIFICATION OF PRESCRIPTIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>    The Board of Pharmacy shall require a pharmacist or pharmacist intern at the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>pharmacy that dispenses, delivers, mails, or ships a completed prescription to the patient <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>to be responsible for assuring that the prescription has been certified prior to completion of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>the transaction. The pharmacist or pharmacist intern at the pharmacy is not required to <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>directly certify the prescription, if certification has been completed at another pharmacy.<br/>