1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; requiring pharmacies to maintain a collection system for legend 
1.3 	drugs available 24 hours per day, seven days a week;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2016, section 151.37, subdivision 6a.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 151.37, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 6a.Collection of legend drugs by pharmacies. A pharmacy licensed under 
1.8 	section 151.19may must collect a legend drug from an ultimate user, or from a long-term 
1.9 	care facility on behalf of an ultimate user who resides or resided at the long-term care facility, 
1.10 	for the purpose of disposing of the legend drug as pharmaceutical waste, provided that. The 
1.11 	collection system must provide for:
1.12 	(1) a pharmacy may collect and dispose the collection and disposal of controlled 
1.13 	substances listed in section 152.02, subdivisions 3 to 6, only as allowed under in accordance 
1.14 	with section 152.105; and
1.15 	(2) a pharmacy that has established a controlled substance disposal program pursuant 
1.16 	to section 152.105 may also collect and dispose of noncontrolled substance legend and 
1.17 	nonlegend drugs, but only in the same manner in which it collects and disposes of controlled 
1.18 	substances the collection to occur through a drop box available during business hours.