Sec.20-576-22. Report of absence of pharmacist manager

(a) If a pharmacist manager is absent from the pharmacy for any reason for more than sixteen consecutive days, the licensee shall immediately report such absence to the commission. The licensee shall provide the commission with the name of the pharmacist designated to be the acting pharmacist manager within five days following the sixteenth consecutive day of the pharmacist manager's absence.

(b) If the absence of the pharmacist manager exceeds forty-two consecutive days such person shall be deemed to have ceased to be the pharmacist manager of the pharmacy. In such case, the licensee shall, in accordance with section 20-597 of the General Statutes, immediately notify the commission and shall immediately enroll with the commission the name, address and license number of the pharmacist who is assuming management of the pharmacy. This notice of change of pharmacist manager shall be accompanied by the filing fee required by section 20-601 of the General Statutes. The pharmacist who ceases management of the pharmacy shall also immediately notify the commission of this fact.

(Adopted effective January 11, 1999)