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Alaska Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2017) |
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Title 7. Health and Social Services. |
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Part 7.1. Administration. |
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Chapter 7.33. Methadone Programs. |
Section 7.33.095. Take-home medication procedures.
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(a) A take-home medication procedure shall be developed to protect the lives and safety of children and other non-addicted persons, and prevent as much as possible diversion of methadone into illegal channels. (b) Patients shall ensure that take-home supplies are packaged in a manner designed to reduce the risk of accidental ingestion, including the use of child-proof containers as required by 42 C.F.R. 8.12. (c) In order to take home medication, patients must provide a locked container to transport the medication and keep it secure until ingested. (d) A label bearing the name, address and telephone number of the facility as well as any other 24-hour telephone number to be used in case of emergency; the chemical, generic or common name "methadone" of the drug; the patient number and the warning "Poison, May be Fatal to Adult or Child, Keep out of reach of Children"; shall be affixed to take-home dosages in child-proof bottles.
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18.05.040