North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 46 - BOARD OF PHARMACY › Section .2500 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 46 .2502 - RESPONSIBILITIES OF PHARMACIST-MANAGER

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The pharmacist-manager shall assure that
				prescription legend drugs and controlled substances are safe and secure within
				the pharmacy.
(b) Except as
				expressly provided in Rule .1616 of this Chapter, the pharmacist-manager
				employed or otherwise engaged to supply pharmaceutical services may have a
				flexible schedule of attendance but shall be present for at least one-half the
				hours the pharmacy is open or 32 hours a week, whichever is less. A pharmacist
				employee not meeting this requirement may serve as temporary pharmacist-manager
				of the permit holder for a period not to exceed 90 days from the departure date
				of the previous pharmacist-manager, if the pharmacist employee is present at
				least 20 hours per week in the pharmacy. A pharmacy may not operate for a
				period of more than 30 days without a pharmacist employed or otherwise engaged
				as a permanent or temporary pharmacist-manager who has signed the permit for
				that pharmacy.
(c) Whenever a
				change of ownership or change of pharmacist-manager occurs, the successor
				pharmacist-manager shall complete an inventory of all controlled substances in
				the pharmacy within 10 days. A written record of the inventory, signed and
				dated by the successor pharmacist-manager, shall be maintained in the pharmacy
				with other controlled substances records for a period of three years.
(d) The pharmacist-manager shall develop and
				implement a system of inventory record-keeping and control that will enable
				that pharmacist-manager to detect any shortage or discrepancy in the
				inventories of controlled substances at that pharmacy at the earliest
				practicable time.
(e) The
				pharmacist-manager shall maintain authority and control over all access to the
				pharmacy and shall be responsible for the security of the pharmacy. Except as
				provided in Rules .1413(c) and .1616(c)(1) and (2) of this Chapter, a
				pharmacist must be present at both the opening and closing of the pharmacy. If
				no pharmacist will be present in the pharmacy for a period of 90 minutes or
				more between the opening and closing of the pharmacy, the pharmacy shall be
				secured to prohibit unauthorized entry.
(f) These duties shall be in addition to the
				duties of pharmacist-managers as set forth in the other rules in this
				Chapter.
(g) A person shall not
				simultaneously serve as pharmacist-manager for more than one permit, unless:
(1) any additional permits beyond that one
				permit is a limited service permit as provided in Rule .1616 of this
				Chapter;
(2) the person is serving
				simultaneously as pharmacist-manager at two pharmacies holding full service
				permits, one of which is a newly permitted pharmacy that has not yet begun
				providing pharmacy services to patients. When the newly permitted pharmacy
				begins providing pharmacy services to patients or six months from the issuance
				of the new pharmacy permit, whichever occurs sooner, the person shall
				relinquish the former pharmacist-manager position and notify the Board of
				having done so.