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14-15-306. Disposition of prescription medication.
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14-15-306. Disposition of prescription medication.
(a) A coroner may collect and secure any prescription medication of the decedent to ensure that the medication does not come into the possession of a person who might use the medication in an illegal or harmful manner.
(b) Collected medication shall be disposed of under circuit court order or shall be forwarded to the Department of Health within thirty (30) days for proper destruction under § 20-64-214.
(c) This section shall not apply to any prescription medication in the custody or possession of an institutional healthcare provider or attending hospice nurse that is subject to other laws, rules, and regulations governing the destruction or disposition of patient or resident medication.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-15-306
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14-15-306. Disposition of prescription medication.
(a) A coroner may collect and secure any prescription medication of the decedent to ensure that the medication does not come into the possession of a person who might use the medication in an illegal or harmful manner.
(b) Collected medication shall be disposed of under circuit court order or shall be forwarded to the Department of Health within thirty (30) days for proper destruction under § 20-64-214.
(c) This section shall not apply to any prescription medication in the custody or possession of an institutional healthcare provider or attending hospice nurse that is subject to other laws, rules, and regulations governing the destruction or disposition of patient or resident medication.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
20-64-214. Narcotic drugs to be delivered to state official, etc.
Upon delivery to the Secretary of the Department of Health of any narcotic drugs discarded by the owner thereof or other person entitled to the possession or custody thereof, and upon the Secretary of the Department of Health delivering to such person an itemized receipt therefor, the Secretary of the Department of Health is empowered to destroy such narcotic drugs; provided, that the Secretary of the Department of Health shall keep for a period of three (3) years from the date of destruction a record of such transaction, showing the name and address of the person delivering the narcotic drugs, an itemized description thereof, the date and place of delivery, and the date of destruction.
All narcotic drugs, the lawful possession of which is not established or the title to which cannot be ascertained, which have come into the custody of a peace officer, shall be forfeited, and disposed of as follows:
(a) Except as in this section otherwise provided, the court or magistrate having jurisdiction shall order such narcotic drugs forfeited and destroyed. A record of the place where said drugs were seized, of the kinds and quantities of drugs so destroyed, and of the time, place, and manner of destruction shall be kept, and a return under oath, reporting said destruction, shall be made to the court or magistrate and to the Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration by the officer who destroys them;
(b) Upon written application by the Secretary of the Department of Health, the court or magistrate by whom the forfeiture of narcotic drugs has been decreed may order the delivery of any of them except heroin and its salts and derivatives, to said Secretary of the Department of Health, for
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-64-214
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