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<chapter num="24" heading="Record of Drug Inventory Acquisition" title_num="10" subtitle_num="34">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Purpose.">
    <text>The purpose of this chapter is to establish the minimum requirements for drug acquisition records to be maintained by pharmacy permit holders.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Scope.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>This chapter applies to all pharmacy permit holders in this State.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>This chapter applies to the acquisition of all prescription medication drug inventories.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>This chapter applies to a pharmacy's acquisition of drug inventory from all sources including, but not limited to, pharmacies, distributors, and manufacturers, and through all means including, but not limited to, purchases, barter or exchange, free goods, rebates, and replacement products.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Minimum Requirements for Maintenance of Drug Acquisition Records.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A pharmacy permit holder shall maintain records of all drug inventory acquisitions.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The records maintained shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The name and principal address of the source of the drugs;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The identity and quantity of the drugs received; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>The date the drugs were received.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>The acquisition records shall be kept for a period of 2 years from the date the inventory was received.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Violation and Inspection.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A pharmacy permit holder shall make the drug inventory acquisition records required under this chapter available for inspection upon request by any federal, state, or local law enforcement agent, or any other duly authorized agent of the Board of Pharmacy or the Division of Drug Control, within 72 hours of the request.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A pharmacy permit holder shall produce and maintain the records required under this chapter for drug acquisitions for all acquisitions except those replaced within 7 days.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Health Occupations Article, §12-205(a)(3)(ii), Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: September 17, 2001 (28:18 Md. R. 1621)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>