A sterile compounding pharmacy shall deploy security cameras sufficient in number to monitor the critical areas of the pharmacy, including, at a minimum, the gowning room, clean room, prescription filling area, self-service customer kiosks, dispensing machines that are part of an automated pharmacy system, controlled drug storage areas, shipping area and checkout area. The cameras shall operate continuously, without interruption, 24 hours per day each day of the year. The cameras shall continuously record and store images of the monitored area at a frequency of no less than 15 frames per second. A sterile compounding pharmacy shall retain stored images for no less than 30 days after recordation and shall produce the stored images to the board upon request.
The requirement of security camera coverage of the gowning room, clean room, controlled drug storage areas and shipping area goes into effect on July 1, 2014.
02-392 C.M.R. ch. 5, § 37-7