Closing a pharmacy

A permitholder shall follow these procedures to close a North Dakota licensed pharmacy: 1. Notify the state board of pharmacy at least thirty days in advance of the closing date. 2. Notify customers at least fifteen days in advance of the closing date and advise them where their records will be maintained. 3. Notify the drug enforcement administration (DEA) at least fourteen days in advance of the closing date. 4. At the closing date: a. Take an inventory of the pharmacy's controlled substances and maintain it for two years. b. Return the North Dakota pharmacy permit to the board. c. Cover all signage indicating "drugstore" or "pharmacy" until removed in a timely manner. d. Send the DEA certificate of registration and any used official order forms (DEA form-222) to the nearest DEA registration field office. The pharmacist should write or stamp the word "VOID" across the face of each official order form before returning them to the DEA. e. Notify the state board of pharmacy and the DEA as to where the controlled substances inventory and records will be kept and how the controlled substances were transferred or destroyed. Records involving controlled substances must be kept available for two years for inspection and copying. This requirement applies, even though the business has been discontinued.