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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 217 FOODS, DRUGS, AND POISONS
217.155 Cabinet's right of inspection and to carry out statutory provisions and regulations through local health departments -- Requirement that drug inspector be a pharmacist.
Download pdfinspector be a pharmacist. (1) The cabinet or its duly authorized agent shall have free access at all reasonable times to any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which foods, drugs, devices, or
cosmetics are manufactured, processed, packed, or held for sale, or are held after
receipt in commerce, or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold the
foods, drugs, devices, or cosmetics in commerce, for the purpose:
(a) Of inspecting the factory, warehouse, establishment, or vehicle and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished materials, containers, and
labeling thereon, to determine if any of the provisions of KRS 217.005 to
217.215 are being violated; (b) Of securing samples or specimens of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic after paying or offering to pay for the sample. The cabinet shall make or cause to be
made examinations of samples secured under the provisions of this section to
determine whether or not any provision of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 is being
violated; and (c) Of examining or reproducing books, papers, documents, or other evidence pertaining to the foods, drugs, cosmetics, or devices. (2) Any inspector appointed for the purpose of administering and carrying out the provisions of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 insofar as they relate to drugs in a retail
pharmacy shall be a registered pharmacist and a graduate of a school recognized as
in good standing by the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy. (3) The cabinet may carry out the provisions of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 and regulations relating to food processing establishments, food storage warehouses,
salvage distributors, or salvage processing plants or retail food establishments
through local health departments. Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 458, sec. 7, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 247, sec. 16.
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