11Adequate arrangements are in place to ensure that records of prescriptions are—

11 Adequate arrangements are in place to ensure that records of prescriptions are— (a) retained in a secure place at the pharmacy or pharmacy department for at least 3 years; (b) made at the time of dispensing or, in the case of an emergency, within 24 hours after the dispensing; (c) certified by the registered pharmacist who dispensed the prescription with his or her handwritten signature within 24 hours after the dispensing— (i) in the prescription record; or (ii) if the prescription record is made in a manner which precludes handwritten endorsement, in a separate record kept for that purpose, that he or she dispensed the prescription and the certified record must be kept as part of the prescription record; (d) readily retrievable by reference to the name and address of the person to whom the medicine was dispensed, the date of dispensing and from information on the label on the container. Endnotes