Storage of medications
Compiled text through Mar 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Mar 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)All medications shall be stored in a safe and secure manner consistent with the requirements of this section to insure control only by authorized personnel designated by the facility medical director.
(b)Each facility shall store all pharmaceuticals in sanitary, locked compartments under proper temperature controls.
(c)Each facility shall store controlled drugs, needles and syringes in separately locked, permanently affixed compartments in accordance with Part 80 of Title 10 NYCRR. Adequate records of administration of such drugs and stocks on hand, including perpetual inventory and shift count records, shall be maintained.
(d)Medications whose shelf life has expired or which are otherwise no longer in use shall be disposed of or destroyed in accordance with State and Federal laws and regulations.