Md. Code Regs. 10.34.14.03

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 24, December 2, 2024

Section 10.34.14.03 - Notification of Closing of a Pharmacy

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.

Md. Code Regs. 10.34.14.03

Regulations .03 adopted effective April 16, 2001 (28:7 Md. R. 690)
Regulation .03 amended effective 40:13 Md. R. 1076, eff.7/8/2013 ; amended effective 50:12 Md. R. 475, eff. 6/26/2023