218A.180 Distribution by practitioner or pharmacist -- Prescription requirements - Penalties.
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Except when dispensed directly by a practitioner to an ultimate user, no
methamphetamine or controlled substance in Schedule II may be dispensed without
the written, facsimile, or electronic prescription of a practitioner. A prescription for
a controlled substance in Schedule II may be dispensed by a facsimile prescription
only as specified in administrative regulations promulgated by the cabinet. No
prescription for a controlled substance in Schedule II shall be valid after sixty (60)
days from the date issued. No prescription for a controlled substance in Schedule II
shall be refilled. All prescriptions for controlled substances classified in Schedule II
shall be maintained in a separate prescription file.
Except when dispensed directly by a practitioner to an ultimate user, a controlled
substance included in Schedules III, IV, and V, which is a prescription drug, shall
not be dispensed without a written, facsimile, electronic, or oral prescription by a
practitioner. The prescription shall not be filled or refilled more than six (6) months
after the date issued or be refilled more than five (5) times, unless renewed by the
practitioner and a new prescription, written, electronic, or oral shall be required.
(a) To be valid, a prescription for a controlled substance shall be issued only for a
legitimate medical purpose by a practitioner acting in the usual course of his
professional practice. Responsibility for the proper dispensing of a controlled
substance pursuant to a prescription for a legitimate medical purpose is upon
the pharmacist who fills the prescription.
(b) A prescription shall not be issued for a practitioner to obtain a controlled
substance for the purpose of general dispensing or administering to patients.
All written and facsimile prescriptions for controlled substances shall be dated and
signed by the practitioner on the date issued and shall bear the full name and
address of the patient, drug name, strength, dosage form, quantity prescribed,
directions for use, and the name, address and registration number of the practitioner.
All oral, facsimile, or electronic prescriptions shall include the full name and
address of the patient, drug name, strength, dosage form, quantity prescribed,
directions for use, and the name, address and registration number of the practitioner.
All oral prescriptions shall be immediately reduced to writing, dated, and signed by
the pharmacist.
A pharmacist refilling any prescription shall record on the prescription or other
equivalent record the date, the quantity, and the pharmacist's initials. The
maintenance of prescription records under the federal controlled substances laws
and regulations containing substantially the same information as specified in this
subsection shall constitute compliance with this subsection.
The pharmacist filling a written, facsimile, electronic, or oral prescription for a
controlled substance shall affix to the package a label showing the date of filling,
the pharmacy name and address, the serial number of the prescription, the name of
the patient, the name of the prescribing practitioner and directions for use and
cautionary statements, if any, contained in such prescription or required by law.
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Any person who violates any provision of this section shall:
(a) For the first offense, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) For a second or subsequent offense, be guilty of a Class D felony.
Effective: June 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 1, effective June 8, 2011. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 301, sec. 24, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 606, sec. 68,
effective July 15, 1998 -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 259, sec. 1, effective July 15,
1982. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 19.
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