Year: 2020
Resolution Number: 21
Action Taken: Withdrawn
Status:
Author(s): Jayne E. Courts, MD, FACP
Sponsor: David Whalen, MD
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: B (Legislation)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS collaborate with the Michigan Home Care and Hospice Association to determine safe disposal guidelines for controlled substances that have been dispensed for hospice patients in the home-based setting that are no longer needed after the patient has died; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to collaborate with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and other stakeholders to determine safe disposal guidelines for controlled substances that have been dispensed for hospice patients in the home-based setting that are no longer needed after the patient has died.
RESOLVED: That MSMS collaborate with the Michigan Home Care and Hospice Association to determine safe disposal guidelines for controlled substances that have been dispensed for hospice patients in the home-based setting that are no longer needed after the patient has died; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to collaborate with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and other stakeholders to determine safe disposal guidelines for controlled substances that have been dispensed for hospice patients in the home-based setting that are no longer needed after the patient has died.
Fiscal Note: $10,000
Resolution: View PDF for Safe Disposal of Controlled Substances Prescribed for Home Hospice Patients