Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-23-610 - Community Pharmacy Personnel and Security Procedures
A. Every pharmacy shall have a pharmacist
designated as the "pharmacist-in-charge."
1.
The pharmacist-in-charge shall ensure the communication and compliance of Board
directives to the management, other pharmacists, interns, and technicians of
the pharmacy.
2. The
pharmacist-in-charge shall:
a. Ensure that all
pharmacy policies and procedures required under 4 A.A.C. 23 are prepared,
implemented, and complied with;
b.
Review biennially and, if necessary, revise all pharmacy policies and
procedures required under 4 A.A.C. 23;
c. Document the review required under
subsection (A)(2)(b);
d. Ensure
that all pharmacy policies and procedures required under 4 A.A.C. 23 are
assembled as a written or electronic manual; and
e. Make all pharmacy policies and procedures
required under 4 A.A.C. 23 available in the pharmacy for employee reference and
inspection by the Board or its staff.
B. Personnel permitted in the pharmacy area
of a community pharmacy include pharmacists, graduate interns, pharmacy
interns, compliance officers, drug inspectors, peace officers acting in their
official capacity, other persons authorized by law, pharmacy technicians,
pharmacy technician trainees, support personnel, and other designated
personnel. Pharmacy interns, graduate interns, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy
technician trainees, support personnel, and other designated personnel shall be
permitted in the pharmacy area only when a pharmacist is on duty, except in an
extreme emergency as defined in
R4-23-110.
1. The pharmacist-in-charge shall comply with
the minimum area requirements as described in
R4-23-609 for a community pharmacy and for compounding and dispensing counter
area.
2. A pharmacist employed by a
pharmacy shall ensure that the pharmacy is physically secure while the
pharmacist is on duty.
C. In a community pharmacy, a pharmacist
shall ensure that the pharmacy area, and any additional storage area for drugs
that is restricted to access only by a pharmacist is locked when a pharmacist
is not present, except in an extreme emergency.
D. A pharmacist is the only person permitted
by the Board to unlock the pharmacy area or any additional storage area for
drugs restricted to access only by a pharmacist, except in an extreme
emergency.
E. A pharmacy permittee
or pharmacist-in-charge shall ensure that any prescription-only drugs and
controlled substances received in an area outside the pharmacy area are
immediately transferred unopened to the pharmacy area. The pharmacist-in-charge
shall ensure that any prescription-only drug and controlled substance shipments
are opened and marked by pharmacy personnel in the pharmacy area under the
supervision of a pharmacist, graduate intern, or pharmacy intern.
F. A pharmacy permittee or
pharmacist-in-charge may provide a small opening or slot through which a
written prescription order or prescription medication container to be refilled
may be left in the prescription area when the pharmacist is not
present.
G. A pharmacist shall
ensure that prescription medication is not left outside the prescription area
or picked up by the patient when the pharmacist is not present by either:
1. Delivering the prescription medication to
the patient, or
2. Securing the
prescription medication inside the locked pharmacy, except when using an
automated storage and distribution system that complies with the requirements
of
R4-23-614.
Notes
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