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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 315 PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES
315.121 Grounds for acting against licensee -- Notification to board of conviction required -- Petition for reinstatement -- Expungement.
Download pdfreasonably restrict, or take any combination of these actions against any licensee,
permit holder, or certificate holder for the following reasons:
(a) Unprofessional or unethical conduct;
(b) Mental or physical incapacity that prevents the licensee, permit holder, or certificate holder from engaging or assisting in the practice of pharmacy or the
wholesale distribution or manufacturing of drugs with reasonable skill,
competence, and safety to the public; (c) Being convicted of, or entering an "Alford" plea or plea of nolo contendere to, irrespective of an order granting probation or suspending imposition of any
sentence imposed following the conviction or entry of such plea, one (1) or
more or the following:
1. A felony; 2. An act involving moral turpitude or gross immorality; or 3. A violation of the pharmacy or drug laws, rules, or administrative
regulations of this state, any other state, or the federal government; (d) Knowing or having reason to know that a pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or pharmacy technician is incapable of engaging or assisting in the practice of
pharmacy with reasonable skill, competence, and safety to the public and
failing to report any relevant information to the board; (e) Knowingly making or causing to be made any false, fraudulent, or forged statement or misrepresentation of a material fact in securing issuance or
renewal of a license, permit, or certificate; (f) Engaging in fraud in connection with the practice of pharmacy or the wholesale distribution or manufacturing of drugs; (g) Engaging in or aiding and abetting an individual to engage or assist in the practice of pharmacy without a license or falsely using the title of
"pharmacist," "pharmacist intern," "pharmacy technician," or other term which
might imply that the individual is a pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or
pharmacy technician; (h) Being found by the board to be in violation of any provision of this chapter, KRS Chapter 217, KRS Chapter 218A, or the administrative regulations
promulgated pursuant to these chapters; (i) Violation of any order issued by the board to comply with any applicable law or administrative regulation; (j) Knowing or having reason to know that a pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or pharmacy technician has engaged in or aided and abetted the unlawful
distribution of legend medications, and failing to report any relevant
information to the board; or Page 2 of 4 (k) Failure to notify the board within fourteen (14) days of a change in one's home address. (2) Unprofessional or unethical conduct includes but is not limited to the following acts of a pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or pharmacy technician:
(a) Publication or circulation of false, misleading, or deceptive statements concerning the practice of pharmacy; (b) Divulging or revealing to unauthorized persons patient information or the nature of professional services rendered without the patient's express consent
or without order or direction of a court. In addition to members, inspectors, or
agents of the board, the following are considered authorized persons:
1. The patient, patient's agent, or another pharmacist acting on behalf of the
patient; 2. Certified or licensed health-care personnel who are responsible for care
of the patient; 3. Designated agents of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for the
purposes of enforcing the provisions of KRS Chapter 218A; 4. Any federal, state, or municipal officer whose duty is to enforce the laws
of this state or the United States relating to drugs and who is engaged in
a specific investigation involving a designated person; or 5. An agency of government charged with the responsibility of providing
medical care for the patient, upon written request by an authorized
representative of the agency requesting such information; (c) Selling, transferring, or otherwise disposing of accessories, chemicals, drugs, or devices found in illegal traffic when the pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or
pharmacy technician knows or should have known of their intended use in
illegal activities; (d) Engaging in conduct likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public, demonstrating a willful or careless disregard for the health, welfare, or safety
of a patient, or engaging in conduct which substantially departs from accepted
standards of pharmacy practice ordinarily exercised by a pharmacist or
pharmacy intern, with or without established proof of actual injury; (e) Engaging in grossly negligent professional conduct, with or without established proof of actual injury; (f) Except as provided in KRS 315.500, selling, transferring, dispensing, ingesting, or administering a drug for which a prescription drug order is
required, without having first received a prescription drug order for the drug; (g) Willfully or knowingly failing to maintain complete and accurate records of all drugs received, dispensed, or disposed of in compliance with federal and
state laws, rules, or administrative regulations; (h) Obtaining any remuneration by fraud, misrepresentation, or deception;
(i) Accessing or attempting to access confidential patient information for persons other than those with whom a pharmacist has a current pharmacist-patient Page 3 of 4 relationship and where such information is necessary to the pharmacist to
provide pharmacy care; or (j) Failing to exercise appropriate professional judgment in determining whether a prescription drug order is lawful. (3) Any licensee, permit holder, or certificate holder entering an "Alford" plea, pleading nolo contendere, or who is found guilty of a violation prescribed in subsection
(1)(c) of this section shall within thirty (30) days notify the board of that plea or
conviction. Failure to do so shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of the
license, certificate, or permit. (4) Any person whose license, permit, or certificate has been revoked in accordance with the provisions of this section, may petition the board for reinstatement. The
petition shall be made in writing and in a form prescribed by the board. The board
shall investigate all reinstatement petitions, and the board may reinstate a license,
permit, or certificate upon showing that the former holder has been rehabilitated and
is again able to engage in the practice of pharmacy with reasonable skill,
competency, and safety to the public. Reinstatement may be on the terms and
conditions that the board, based on competent evidence, reasonably believes
necessary to protect the health and welfare of the citizens of the Commonwealth. (5) Upon exercising the power of revocation provided for in subsection (1) of this section, the board may reasonably prohibit any petition for reinstatement for a
period up to and including five (5) years. (6) Any licensee, permit holder, or certificate holder who is disciplined under this section for a minor violation may request in writing that the board expunge the
minor violation from the licensee's, permit holder's, or certificate holder's
permanent record.
(a) The request for expungement may be filed no sooner than three (3) years after the date on which the licensee, permit holder, or certificate holder has
completed disciplinary sanctions imposed and if the licensee, permit holder, or
certificate holder has not been disciplined for any subsequent violation of the
same nature within this period of time. (b) No person may have his or her record expunged under this section more than once. The board shall promulgate administrative regulations under KRS Chapter 13A to
establish violations which are minor violations under this subsection. A violation
shall be deemed a minor violation if it does not demonstrate a serious inability to
practice the profession; assist in the practice of pharmacy; adversely affect the
public health, safety, or welfare; or result in economic or physical harm to a person,
or create a significant threat of such harm. Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts
ch. 99, sec. 598, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 4,
effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 335, sec. 1, effective July 15,
2002. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 549, effective July 15, 1998. -- Page 4 of 4 Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 257, sec. 14, effective July 15, 1996. --Created 1982
Ky. Acts ch. 191, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1982.
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