Dispensary
 21. (1) Subject to subsection (6), each pharmacy shall have a dispensary which shall be designed, constructed and maintained so that it is not accessible to the public.  O. Reg. 58/11, s. 21 (1). (2) The dispensary must be of sufficient size for the safe and orderly compounding and dispensing of drugs and other medications, but in any event must have a floor area of not less than 9.3 square metres.  O. Reg. 58/11, s. 21 (2). (3) The dispensary shall have, (a) a sink with a supply of hot and cold running water adequate for the safe and appropriate operation of the pharmacy; (b) facilities and equipment necessary for the appropriate cleaning of utensils and equipment used in the preparation, dispensing, distribution and storage of drugs, as well as a separate hand washing facility; (c) an adequate supply of anti-microbial scrub or soap; (d) a work surface for the preparation for dispensing and for the compounding of drugs adequate for the safe and appropriate operation of the pharmacy but having not less than 1.12 square metres of surface area; (e) a refrigerator that is of sufficient size to store drugs and other medications requiring refrigeration and which, (i) is not used for the refrigeration and storage of anything other than drugs and other medications, (ii) is maintained at a temperature between 2 degrees Celsius and 8 degrees Celsius, and (iii) has the facility to accurately display the temperature inside the refrigerator or alternatively has maintained in it a device which accurately displays the temperature inside of the refrigerator; (f) a computer system which, (i) meets the requirements of subsection (4), and (ii) allows members practising at the pharmacy to access Internet sites and other electronic resources required by them to meet the standards of practice of the profession and to display and print information from those sites as well as resource materials required by subsection 25 (1); (g) equipment to allow the pharmacy to receive, send and make accurate copies of both electronic and non-electronic documents; (h) equipment to allow the pharmacy to scan documents including written prescriptions and to store those scanned documents electronically; (i) equipment to allow the pharmacy to receive and make telephone calls; (j) equipment and systems needed for the input, storage and retrieval of all records and documents to allow the pharmacy to meet the requirements of the Act and its regulations as well as to allow the members practising in the pharmacy to comply with the Pharmacy Act, 1991 and its regulations and to meet the standards of practice of the profession including but not limited to those requirements respecting recordkeeping and labelling; (k) equipment necessary for the safe and appropriate operation of the dispensary of the pharmacy including an appropriate supply of metric graduates, mortars and pestles, spatulas, funnels, stirring rods and ointment pads; (l) a balance to be used to weigh drugs and other substances, either torsion or electronic; and (m) an appropriate supply of consumable materials sufficient for the safe and appropriate operation of the pharmacy including an appropriate supply of, (i) bottles and caps, (ii) plastic vials with caps, some of the vials being light resistant, (iii) ointment jars with caps, (iv) child resistant packages, and (v) distilled or deionized water, or water purified using reverse osmosis technology or any other equivalent method of purification approved by the Council.  O. Reg. 58/11, s. 21 (3). (4) The computer system must, (a) be capable of storing and reporting the information required in a patient record; (b) be capable of storing and reporting the information required in a transaction describing the dispensing of a drug; (c) incorporate sufficient security to ensure that only persons who are authorized by the pharmacy have access to the system; (d) have the ability to uniquely identify each staff member who has been granted access to the system; (e) have the ability to control which functions may be accessed by each person employed in the pharmacy; (f) create an accurate audit trail of persons using the system; (g) be capable of collating and generating reports related to drugs dispensed pursuant to prescriptions chronologically and by drug name and strength, patient name and prescriber name; (h) have sufficient speed and capacity to enable efficient and effective practice by the members practising at the pharmacy; and (i) require deliberate and auditable procedures to be carried out by the pharmacy or by a person authorized by the pharmacy before any information can be purged from the system.  O. Reg. 58/11, s. 21 (4). (5) The requirements of clause (3) (h) do not apply to a pharmacy until May 11, 2012, if a certificate of accreditation was issued in respect of the pharmacy before that clause came into force.  O. Reg. 58/11, s. 21 (5). (6) A remote dispensing location in which all drugs are dispensed or distributed from an automated pharmacy system is not required to have a dispensary.  O. Reg. 58/11, s. 21 (6).