Regulation .03 Notification of Closing of a Pharmacy.
Regulation .03 Notification of Closing of a Pharmacy.LinkCopy Citation
A.
At least 14 days before a licensed pharmacy’s anticipated date of closing, the pharmacy permit holder shall:
(1)
Notify the:
(a)
Board in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested, or hand delivery to the Board’s office, of the day on which the licensed pharmacy will close;
(b)
Office of Controlled Substances Administration by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the day on which the licensed pharmacy will close;
(c)
Public by conspicuously posting a notice inside the pharmacy and on the pharmacy’s website of the anticipated day on which the pharmacy will close; and
(d)
Pharmacy’s customers who pick up a new or refilled prescription via written and verbal communication of the anticipated day on which the licensed pharmacy will close; and
(2)
Request a closing inspection date.
B.
The notice shall contain the:
(1)
Anticipated date of closing;
(2)
Name and location of the pharmacy to which the closing pharmacy will transfer patient prescriptions and records; and
(3)
Manner in which a patient may request the closing pharmacy to send the patient’s prescriptions and records to an alternative pharmacy of the patient’s choice.
C.
Upon notification by a pharmacy permit holder of the proposed date on which a licensed pharmacy will close, the Board or its agent shall schedule a closing inspection to be performed within 14 days, excluding federal and State holidays, of the pharmacy’s closing.