Utah Admin. Code R156-17b-604 - Operating Standards - Closing a Pharmacy
(1) The consulting pharmacist, DR,
Responsible Party, PIC, RDPIC, or DMPIC of the registered pharmacy shall comply
with
21
CFR 1301.52 (2021) and
21 CFR
1305.18 and
1305.19
(2021).
(2) If the pharmacy
dispenses prescription drug orders, post a closing notice sign in a conspicuous
place in the front of the prescription department and at public entrance doors
to the pharmacy. The closing notice shall contain the following information:
(a) the date of closing; and
(b) the name, address, and telephone number
of the pharmacy acquiring the prescription drug orders, including refill
information and patient medication records of the pharmacy.
(3) On the date of closing, the
consulting pharmacist, PIC, RDPIC, or DMPIC shall remove prescription drugs
from the pharmacy by one or a combination of the following methods:
(a) return prescription drugs to manufacturer
or supplier for credit or disposal; or
(b) transfer, sell, or give away prescription
drugs to a person who is legally entitled to possess drugs, such as a hospital
or another pharmacy.
(4)
If the pharmacy dispenses prescription drug orders:
(a) transfer the prescription drug order
files, including refill information and patient medication records, to a
licensed pharmacy within a reasonable distance of the closing pharmacy;
and
(b) move signs or notify the
landlord or owner of the property that it is unlawful to use the word
"pharmacy", or any other word or combination of words of the same or similar
meaning, or any graphic representation that would mislead or tend to mislead
the public that a pharmacy is located at this address.
(5) Within ten days of the closing of the
pharmacy, the pharmacy owner, consulting pharmacist, DR, Responsible Party,
PIC, RDPIC, or DMPIC shall forward to the Division a surrender notice, on a
form provided by the Division, of the closing that includes the following
information:
(a) the actual date of
closing;
(b) a surrender of the
license issued to the pharmacy;
(c)
a statement attesting:
(i) that an inventory
as specified in Subsection
R156-17b-605(4)
has been conducted; and
(ii) the
manner in which the legend drugs and controlled substances possessed by the
pharmacy were transferred or disposed; and
(d) if the pharmacy dispenses prescription
drug orders, the name and address of the pharmacy to which the prescription
drug orders, including refill information and patient medication records, were
transferred.
(6) If the
pharmacy is closed suddenly due to fire, destruction, natural disaster, death,
property seizure, eviction, bankruptcy or other emergency circumstances and the
consulting pharmacist, DR, Responsible Party, PIC, RDPIC, or DMPIC cannot
provide notification 14 days prior to the closing, the consulting pharmacist,
PIC, RDPIC, or DMPIC shall comply with Subsection (1) as far in advance of the
closing as allowed by the circumstances.
(7) If the consulting pharmacist, DR,
Responsible Party, PIC, RDPIC, or DMPIC is not available to comply with the
requirements of this section, the owner or legal representative shall be
responsible for compliance with this section.
(8) Notwithstanding the requirements of this
section, a DMP clinic pharmacy that closes but employs licensed practitioners
who will continue providing services other than dispensing may continue to use
prescription drugs in their practice as authorized under their respective
licensing act.
Notes
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