The nursing home must provide an area designed and equipped for drug preparation and locked storage convenient to each work station. The nursing home must ensure:

(1) The drug facilities are well illuminated, ventilated, and equipped with a work counter, sink with hot and cold running water, and drug storage units;

(2) The drug storage units are one or more of the following:

(a) Locked cabinetry constructed in accordance with board of pharmacy regulations for drug storage which has:

(i) Separately keyed storage for Schedule II and III controlled substances; and

(ii) Segregated storage of different residents' drugs; or

(b) An automated medication distribution device or storage.

(3) There is a refrigerator for storage of thermolabile drugs in the drug facility;

(4) Locks and keys for drug facilities are different from other locks and keys within the nursing home; and

(5) In new construction, the drug facility must be a separate room.