Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 93 - Hospitals
Subchapter D - Pharmaceutical Services
Section I-9355 - Environment

A. All drugs and biologicals shall be kept in a locked, well illuminated clean medicine cupboard, closet, cabinet, or room under proper temperature controls and accessible only to individuals authorized to administer or dispense drugs. A list of authorized individuals shall be developed in cooperation with the medical, nursing, administrative and pharmaceutical staff. Compartments appropriately marked shall be provided for the storage of poisons and external use drugs and biologicals, separate from internal and injectable medications.

B. All controlled substances shall be kept separately from other non-controlled substances in a locked cabinet or compartment. Exceptions may be made, if listed in the pharmacy policy and procedures manual and deemed necessary by the director of pharmacy, to allow some abusable nonscheduled drugs to be maintained in the same locked compartment.

C. Drugs and biologicals that require refrigeration shall be stored separately from food, beverages, blood and laboratory specimens.

D. The area within the pharmacy used for the compounding of sterile parenteral preparations shall be separate and apart, shall meet the requirements of the Board of Pharmacy regulation §2541 and be designed and equipped to facilitate controlled aseptic conditions.