OAR 855-007-0060: SNS and State Stockpile Emergency Drugs

(1) General: When drugs from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) are delivered to the state, the drugs may be delivered to a state Receipt, Staging and Storage center (RSS) for further distribution to Points of Dispensing (PODs) selected by OSPHD. State drugs (state stockpile) may also be delivered to the RSS. (2) Temporary storage of drugs from SNS or state stockpile: (a) The RSS, PODs and local health departments (LHD) are authorized to store any drugs from the SNS or state stockpile prior to and during an emergency without any registration from the Board. (b) All such drugs must be stored in accordance with manufacturers’ guidelines. (c) This authority to possess drugs shall extend beyond the declared emergency until procedures issued by OSPHD for the return or destruction of unused drugs have been completed. (3) A long-term drug storage area for state and federal emergency medications not otherwise registered as a drug outlet must be approved by the Board, comply with storage and security requirements, and register as a Drug Room.