Section 61-07-01-06 - Physical requirements1.Area. A hospital pharmacy shall have within the hospital it services, sufficient floor space allocated to it to ensure that drugs are prepared in sanitary, well-lighted, and enclosed places, and which meet the other requirements of this section.2.Equipment and materials. Each hospital pharmacy shall have sufficient equipment and physical facilities for proper compounding, dispensing, and storage of drugs, including parenteral preparations, and, as a minimum, access to the references for the following subjects:c. Poison and antidote information.h. Sterilization and disinfection.m. Current United States Pharmacopeia and National Formulary dispensing information.n. Current state and federal regulations applicable to controlled substances. The technical equipment required by section 61-02-01-03 may be either at the hospital pharmacy or the community pharmacy servicing the hospital pharmacy.
3.Storage. All drugs must be stored in designated areas within the hospital pharmacy which are sufficient to ensure proper sanitation, temperature, light, ventilation, moisture control, segregation, and security.4.Alcohol and flammables. Alcohol and flammables must be stored in areas that shall meet, at a minimum, basic local building code requirements for the storage of volatiles and such other laws, ordinances, regulations as may apply.5.Unattended areas. In the absence of authorized personnel, and whenever any area of a hospital pharmacy is not under the personal and direct supervision of authorized personnel, such area must be locked.6.Security. All areas occupied by a hospital pharmacy must be capable of being locked by key or combination, so as to prevent access by unauthorized personnel. The director shall designate, in writing, by title and specific area, those persons who shall have access to particular areas within the pharmacy.N.D. Admin Code 61-07-01-06
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-15-10(9), 43-15-10(11), 43-15-10(12), 43-15-10(14)