NAC639.527. Required temperature in refrigerator or freezer used to store medicine.

     1. The temperature in a refrigerator that is used to store medicine in the prescription department of a pharmacy must be maintained between 36 degrees Fahrenheit and 46 degrees Fahrenheit.

     2. The temperature in:

     (a) A freezer section of a refrigerator described in subsection 1 if the freezer section is used to store medicine must be maintained below 32 degrees Fahrenheit; and

     (b) A freezer that is used to store medicine in the prescription department of a pharmacy must be maintained below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

     3. If the temperature in a refrigerator, freezer section of a refrigerator, or freezer is outside the range required by subsection 1 or 2, as applicable:

     (a) The person who discovers that the temperature is outside the range, regardless of whether the discovery was made with the assistance of the alarm on a programmable device required pursuant to NAC 639.525, shall:

          (1) Make a record documenting the temperature and, if applicable, the reading from the programmable device; and

          (2) Inform the managing pharmacist of the temperature in the refrigerator, freezer section of the refrigerator, or freezer;

     (b) The managing pharmacist shall ensure that action is taken to correct the temperature in the refrigerator, freezer section of the refrigerator, or freezer and, after verifying that such corrective action has been taken, shall initial the record made pursuant to paragraph (a); and

     (c) A pharmacist shall inspect the contents of the refrigerator, freezer section of the refrigerator, or freezer, as applicable, to determine whether the contents of the refrigerator, freezer section of the refrigerator, or freezer are safe to keep or should be discarded. If the pharmacist determines that those contents must be discarded, the pharmacist shall ensure that the contents are discarded.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy by R128-10, eff. 12-16-2010)