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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/641",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005",
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  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Basic procedure in respect of unwanted drugs",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a person presents to a pharmacist or any of his staff any drugs provided for a patient in, and which have been kept in—\n(a) a private household; or\n(b) a residential care home,\nthe pharmacist shall accept the drugs and dispose of them in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).\n(2) A pharmacist shall not be required to accept any drugs for disposal unless the Primary Care Trust in whose list he is included has made arrangements for the collection and disposal of drugs of that description.\n(3) On receipt of the drugs, the pharmacist shall—\n(a) where required to do so by the Primary Care Trust or by a waste disposal contractor retained by the Primary Care Trust, separate solid drugs or ampoules, liquids and aerosols from each other;\n(b) store the drugs in containers provided by the Primary Care Trust, or by a waste disposal contractor retained by the Primary Care Trust, for the purpose of storing drugs of that description; and\n(c) comply with any other statutory requirements in respect of storing or the disposal of drugs of that description (meeting those requirements are therefore an essential service for the purposes of these Regulations),\nand shall co-operate with any suitable arrangements that the Primary Care Trust has in place for regular collection of the drugs from his premises by or on behalf of the Primary Care Trust.",
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