{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-85.21d","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-85.21D","heading":"Dialysis facilities as designated agents to receive home medications for patients with renal failure.","body":"Pharmacies may ship medications for home use by patients with renal failure to renal dialysis facilities for delivery to (i) patients who receive dialysis treatments in a Medicare certified dialysis facility or (ii) patients who self-dialyze at home, provided that all of the following criteria are met:\n(1)\tThe patient authorizes, in writing, the dialysis facility staff to act as the patient's designated agent for the purpose of receiving mailed medical packages at the dialysis facility.\n(2)\tThe pharmacy, whether in-state or out-of-state, is licensed as a pharmacy in North Carolina.\n(3)\tThe medications for home use are dispensed by the licensed pharmacist pursuant to a valid prescription order.\n(4)\tThe delivered medication packages are held in a secure location in an area not accessible to the public and delivered by the dialysis facility staff, unopened, to the patient.\n(5)\tMedication packages are individually labeled with the patient name.\n(6)\tThe medications exclude controlled substances, as defined under G.S. 90-87. (2015-28, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 4A. North Carolina Pharmacy Practice Act.","Part 1. North Carolina Pharmacy Practice Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-85.21D.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"a4231f4aa327707c059946ec4740186b989508a9399bb0e4ebe17fc0aa648f07","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-85.21c","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-85.22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}