From: smi@sch.tiac (Samson)
Subject: CS inventories: Federal Regs(Re: Pharmacist Question
Date: 1997/10/13
Newsgroups: alt.drugs.hard

In article <61pkn5$s5t$1@newsd-106.bryant.webtv.net>, (Kyle Forest) 
wrote:


> I have always wondered,do pharmacist some times get a little taste of
> their own goods?Or are there tight controls?And every pill has to be
> accounted for?

The DEA requires inventory reports on a biennial basis. They are not
particularly worried about pharmacists pilfering a few pills here and
there; their concern is mass diversion.

State and local regulations usually have similar requirements -- a
pharmacy is more likely to get a random visit from a state official than a
federal one, and they have to make their inventories available upon
request.

Mostly, though, enforcement is done on an "as-needed" basis. If you get
shorted, you can call your local health board, and they'll give the
pharmacy trouble (especially if they get a lot of complaints about that
pharmacy.)

There are certainly pharmcacists that pilfer and get away with it, but
it's a good way to lose a job and never be able to get a similar job
again.

From U.S.C. TITLE 21 - § 827.

* (a) Inventory

        o (1) every registrant under this subchapter shall, on May 1, 1971,
or as soon thereafter as such registrant first engages in the
manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of controlled substances,
and every second year thereafter, make a complete and accurate
record of all stocks thereof on hand, except that the regulations
prescribed under this section shall permit each such biennial
inventory (following the initial inventory required by this
paragraph) to be prepared on such registrant's regular general
physical inventory date (if any) which is nearest to and does not
vary by more than six months from the biennial date that would
otherwise apply;
        o (2) on the effective date of each regulation of the Attorney
General controlling a substance that immediately prior to such
date was not a controlled substance, each registrant under this
subchapter manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing such
substance shall make a complete and accurate record of all stocks
thereof on hand; and
        o (3) on and after May 1, 1971, every registrant under this
subchapter manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing a controlled
substance or substances shall maintain, on a current basis, a
complete and accurate record of each such substance manufactured,
received, sold, delivered, or otherwise disposed of by him, except
that this paragraph shall not require the maintenance of a
perpetual inventory.

* (b) Availability of records

Every inventory or other record required under this section (1) shall
be in accordance with, and contain such relevant information as may be
required by, regulations of the Attorney General, (2) shall (A) be
maintained separately from all other records of the registrant, or (B)
alternatively, in the case of nonnarcotic controlled substances, be in
such form that information required by the Attorney General is readily
retrievable from the ordinary business records of the registrant, and
(3) shall be kept and be available, for at least two years, for
inspection and copying by officers or employees of the United States
authorized by the Attorney General.

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