LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
  Policy 352.05 Clinic Medications Inventory

(Formerly # 306.14)

 
Policy Category:  Clinical
Distribution Level:  Directly Operated
Responsible Party:  Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
 
Approved by Curley L. Bonds, MD, Chief Medical Officer, on May 25, 2023
I.  PURPOSE
 
nnnnnTo establish requirements for Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH) directly operated clinics to track medication inventory.
 
II.  DEFINITIONS
 
No definitions are associated with this policy.
 
III.  POLICY
 
All records of receipt, transfer, and disposition of medications shall be available and open to inspection upon request.

Records shall be preserved for at least three (3) years.

 
A current inventory shall be kept by each DMH directly operated clinic.

 
IV.  PROCEDURES
 
V.  AUTHORITIES
 
California Business and Professional Code Sections 4076, 4076.5, 4081 and 4181
 
VI.  ATTACHMENTS
 
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