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217.211 Electronic prescribing.
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Electronic prescribing of a drug or device under this chapter shall not interfere
with a patient's freedom to select a pharmacy.
Electronic prescribing software used by a practitioner to prescribe a drug or
device under this chapter may include clinical messaging and messages in
pop-up windows directed to the practitioner regarding a particular drug or
device that supports the practitioner's clinical decision making.
Drug information contained in electronic prescribing software to prescribe a
drug or device under this chapter shall be consistent with Food and Drug
Administration-approved information regarding a particular drug or device.
Electronic prescribing software used by a practitioner to prescribe a drug or
device under this chapter may show information regarding a payor's formulary,
copayments, or benefit plan, provided that nothing in the software is designed
to preclude a practitioner from selecting any particular pharmacy or drug or
device.
Within twenty-four (24) months of the National Council for Prescription Drug
Programs developing and making available national standards for electronic
prior authorization, each governmental unit of the Commonwealth promulgating
administrative regulations relating to electronic prescribing shall consider such
electronic prescribing and electronic prior authorization standards in its
implementation of health information technology improvements as required by
the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act,
enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Effective:July 12, 2012
History: Created 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2012.
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