Pharmacist-in-charge - Requirement - Definition - Duties

No permitholder shall conduct a pharmacy without a pharmacist-in-charge who shall be designated in the application for a pharmacy permit and each renewal of pharmacy permit. The term "pharmacist-in-charge" means a duly licensed pharmacist in North Dakota who has been so designated, and it shall be the pharmacist's duty and responsibility consistent with the accepted standards of professional conduct and practice and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations to: 1. Establish for the employees of the pharmacy policies and procedures for the procurement, storage, compounding, and dispensing of drugs. 2. Supervise all of the professional employees of the pharmacy. 3. Supervise all of the nonprofessional employees of the pharmacy insofar as their duties relate to the sale or storage, or both, of drugs. 4. Establish and supervise the recordkeeping system for the purchase, sale, possession, storage, safekeeping, and return of drugs. 5. Notify the board immediately upon the pharmacist's knowledge that the pharmacist's services as pharmacist-in-charge have been or will be terminated.