Approved by the Order of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan of November 18, 2008 No. 645

Regulations on procedure for safe destruction of the medicines inappropriate to the existing standards in the Republic of Tajikistan

1. General questions

1. This provision is developed according to article 22 of the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan "About medicines and pharmaceutical activities" and determines procedure for safe destruction of the medicines which became useless, expired, inappropriate to the operating quality standards of medicines in the Republic of Tajikistan for all organizations and the companies irrespective of pattern of ownership and departmental subordination. This provision will promote safe and economic liquidation of inventories of unsuitable pharmaceutical medicines.

2. Pharmaceutical waste can accumulate owing to discrepancy in inventory management and in distribution in view of lack of system of systematic destruction, and also inadequate practice of donation of pharmaceutical products from the international organizations.

3. This provision does not consider address questions with other waste developed by healthcare institutions (infectious waste, photographic chemicals, solvents, waste with the high content of heavy metals (for example, mercury and cadmium), waste of chemical laboratories or radioactive waste).

4. This provision is intended for competent authorities of health care, and also bodies which are going in for ecology and liquidation of waste at the republican, regional and local levels.

5. In case of destruction of unsuitable medicines it is necessary to perform the following events:

- Decision making about need of destruction of the become useless medicines;

- Approval of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan for the purpose of receipt of the sanction for destruction of medicines;

- Planning concerning financing, necessary examination, personnel, costs of working hours, the areas, the equipment, material and the available options of destruction of waste;

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