Section 20-633g - Operation of mobile pharmacies by licensed pharmacies. Application. Recordkeeping. Operations. Regulations(a)(1) A pharmacy may apply to the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, to operate a mobile pharmacy in a temporary location for the purpose of: (A) Conducting (i) a temporary pharmacy operation, (ii) a vaccination event, or (iii) an opioid antagonist training and prescribing event; or(B) serving a community that may not have adequate access to pharmacy services.(2) No pharmacy may operate a mobile pharmacy without prior written approval from the department. Each mobile pharmacy shall be supervised by a pharmacist. The department may inspect a mobile pharmacy before pharmacy services are provided in the mobile pharmacy, and at any time during usual business hours or while such mobile pharmacy is in operation. The department may issue an order closing a mobile pharmacy if the department determines that: (A) The mobile pharmacy has failed to comply with (i) any provision of this section or this chapter, (ii) any regulation adopted pursuant to subsection (d) of this section or this chapter, or (iii) any applicable law or regulation of any jurisdiction concerning drugs, devices or the practice of pharmacy;(B) conditions are unsafe to store or dispense drugs; or(C) there is insufficient security at such mobile pharmacy.(b) A pharmacy that operates a mobile pharmacy under this section shall: (1) Maintain a record of all drugs that are removed from the pharmacy premises for the purpose of operating such mobile pharmacy;(2) maintain a record of each drug that is dispensed at such mobile pharmacy and include such record in such pharmacy's records not later than twenty-four hours after such drug is dispensed;(3) except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, inventory and return all unused drugs to the pharmacy premises by the close of business each day;(4) while operating such mobile pharmacy, store all drugs in such mobile pharmacy in a manner that (A) prevents any drug diversion, and (B) is consistent with the storage conditions specified by the manufacturers of such drugs;(5) establish and maintain a patient communication plan to ensure that patients can obtain prescription refills if such mobile pharmacy is unavailable; and(6) if permitted by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration or a successor agency, store controlled substances in the mobile pharmacy in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 21a-262.(c) No pharmacy shall, without prior approval from the department: (1) Operate a mobile pharmacy for more than (A) seven consecutive days in a single location, or (B) fourteen days within a five-mile radius of the prior mobile pharmacy location; or(2) store drugs overnight in a mobile pharmacy or outside of the pharmacy premises.(d) The commissioner may, with the advice and consent of the commission, adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this section.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-633g
Added by P.A. 23-0019, S. 3 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2023.