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Question about wasting narcotics

This may seem like a simple set of questions, but I have to ask them anyway:

When wasting narcotics, there has to be a witness that is a licensed medical professional correct? Does the witness have to have the same license as the person wasting the medication? For example, can a RN waste narcotics in front of a respiratory therapist? The lowest licensed medical professional I can think of is an LPN? Do the narcotic wasting rules differ between states? Thanks for your time.

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    It depends also on the setting, in hospice inpatient unit we waste with another nurse. In the homes the meds are wasted by the nurse in the presence of a family member, POA, etc. and both sign the disposal form.

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    Agree with the setting... when we are on transport, our only coworker is an RT, so yes, we will waste our narcotics with them.

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