1. A. At least 14 days before a licensed pharmacy’s anticipated date of closing, the pharmacy permit holder shall:

   1. (1) Notify the:

      1. (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;
      2. (b) Office of Controlled Substances Administration by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the day on which the licensed pharmacy will close;
      3. (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
      4. (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. (2) Request a closing inspection date.

2. B. The notice shall contain the:

   1. (1) Anticipated date of closing;
   2. (2) Name and location of the pharmacy to which the closing pharmacy will transfer patient prescriptions and records; and
   3. (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.
3. 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.

Authority: Health Occupations Article, §§12-205 and 12-513, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: December 3, 1984 (11:24 Md. R. 2069)

Regulation .01C adopted effective February 19, 1990 (17:3 Md. R. 299)

Regulations .02E amended effective February 19, 1990 (17:3 Md. R. 299)

Regulations .01 — .04 repealed and new Regulations .01 — .06 adopted effective April 16, 2001 (28:7 Md. R. 690)

Chapter revised effective June 1, 2012 (39:7 Md. R. 493)

Regulation .01B amended effective July 8, 2013 (40:13 Md. R. 1076); June 26, 2023 (50:12 Md. R. 475)

Regulation .03 amended effective July 8, 2013 (40:13 Md. R. 1076); June 26, 2023 (50:12 Md. R.475)

Regulation .04 amended effective July 8, 2013 (40:13 Md. R. 1076)

Regulation .05 amended effective July 8, 2013 (40:13 Md. R. 1076)