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If, prior to the effective date of this Division I, the United States Supreme Court grants a petition for a writ of certiorari in the case of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. County of Alameda, 13-16833, 2014 WL 4814407 (9th Cir. Sept. 30, 2014), then this Division I shall not become operative until 30 days after judgment has been entered in that case. Once judgment has been entered in that case, the City Attorney’s Office shall notify the Department that judgment has been entered.
This Ordinance shall be entitled the "Safe Drug Disposal Information Ordinance."
(Added by Ord. 85-11, File No. 110025, App. 5/31/2011, Eff. 6/30/2011)
For the purposes of this Ordinance, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Business" means a fixed location within the City and County of San Francisco, whether indoors or outdoors, at which Prescription Drugs are offered for sale at retail and that is required to obtain a valid San Francisco business registration certificate from the San Francisco Tax Collector's office.
(b) "Department" means the Department of the Environment.
(c) "Director" means the Director of the Department of the Environment.
(d) "Display materials" means signs, posters or other similar informational materials.
(e) "Prescription drug" means any drug that by federal or state law may be dispensed lawfully only on prescription.
(Added by Ord. 85-11, File No. 110025, App. 5/31/2011, Eff. 6/30/2011)
(a) Beginning December 1, 2011, any business selling prescription drugs to the public shall post display materials approved by the Director explaining how members of the public may safely and lawfully dispose of unused prescription drugs. The materials shall be in English, Spanish, and Chinese, and legible and easily readable by the average person. The materials shall be posted on the premises of the business in a location visible to the public and adjacent to the area where the prescription drugs are dispensed.
(b) The Director may, in his or her discretion, authorize a business to use alternate means to comply with the requirements of subsection (a). The Director shall authorize such alternate means through the adoption of a regulation after a noticed hearing, and no business may sell prescription drugs to the public or offer to sell prescription drugs to the public using any alternate means of compliance with this Chapter unless specifically authorized to do so in advance in writing by the Director.
(c) The City urges all persons and entities providing prescription drugs to the public for free to also participate in this program.
(Added by Ord. 85-11, File No. 110025, App. 5/31/2011, Eff. 6/30/2011)
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