218A.200 Record-keeping and inventory requirements -- Penalties.
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Every practitioner who is authorized to administer or professionally use controlled
substances, shall keep a record of substances received by him, and a record of all
substances administered, dispensed, or professionally used by him otherwise than
by prescription. Every such record shall be kept for a period of five (5) years.
Manufacturers and wholesalers shall keep records of all controlled substances
compounded, mixed, cultivated, grown, or by any other process produced or
prepared, and of all controlled substances received and disposed of by them. Every
such record shall be kept for a period of two (2) years.
Pharmacists shall keep records of all controlled substances received and disposed of
by them. Every such record shall be kept for a period of five (5) years.
The record of controlled substances received shall in every case show the date of
receipt, the name and address of the person from whom received, and the kind and
quantity of drugs received. The record of all controlled substances sold,
administered, dispensed, or otherwise disposed of, shall show the date of selling,
administering, or dispensing, the name and address of the person to whom, or for
whose use, or the owner and species of animal for which the drugs were sold,
administered, or dispensed, and the kind and quantity.
The keeping of a record under the federal controlled substances laws, containing
substantially the same information as is specified in subsection (4) of this section,
shall constitute compliance with this section.
A copy of the detailed list of controlled substances lost, destroyed, or stolen shall be
forwarded to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as soon as practical.
(a) Every manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, repacker, practitioner,
pharmacist, or other person authorized to possess controlled substances shall
take an inventory of all controlled substances in his possession at least every
two (2) years.
(b) A substance which is added to any schedule of controlled substances and
which was not previously listed in any schedule shall be initially inventoried
within thirty (30) days of the effective date of the statute or administrative
regulation which adds the substance to the provisions of this chapter.
Thereafter, the substance shall be included in the inventory required by
paragraph (a) of this subsection.
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class D felony for subsequent offenses.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 542, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 301, sec. 25, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 426, sec. 485,
effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 107(3). -Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 21.
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