Section 338.482. Housing of pharmacy.

(1) All professional and technical equipment and supplies and prescription drugs shall be housed in a suitable, well-lighted and well-ventilated room or department with clean and sanitary surroundings.

(2)   All pharmacies shall have a prescription department which is devoted primarily to the practice of pharmacy which occupies not less than 150 square feet of space, and which includes a prescription counter that provides not less than 10 square feet of free working surface. For each additional pharmacist who is on duty at any one time, the free working space shall be increased by not less than 4 square feet. The prescription counter shall be kept clean and orderly. The space behind the prescription counter shall be sufficient to allow free movement within the area and shall be free of obstructions.

(3)    All pharmacies that occupy less than the entire area of the premises owned, leased, used, or controlled by the licensee shall be permanently enclosed by partitions from the floor to the ceiling. All partitions shall be of substantial construction and shall be securely lockable so that drugs and devices that can only be sold by a pharmacist are unobtainable during the absence of the pharmacist. Identification of this department by the use of the words "drug,” “medicines," or "pharmacy" or by the use of a similar term or combination of terms, as defined in MCL 333.17711(2), shall be restricted to the area that is licensed by the board. The pharmacy department shall be locked when the pharmacist is not on the premises.

History: 1979 AC; 1980 AACS; 2013 AACS.